use strict; #use warnings; my $x = (1,2,3); # $x is 3, list in scalar context my @y = (4 .. 6); # @y is (4,5,6); my $y = @y; # $y is 3, array in scalar context my $z = 0 .. 0; # $z is true my $w = 1 .. 3; # $w is false print "$x, $y, $z, $w\n";