Re^14: chopping a string into slices - is there a more elegant way to do it?

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  DB<36> print scalar (($a)=5)
1                                  # Number of elements in list
  DB<37> print scalar ($a=5)
5                                  # value of $a

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  DB<41> print scalar (@a=(5,6))
...

  DB<43> print scalar (@a=())
0

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  DB<49> print scalar ( ($a)=(5,6,7) )
3
...

  DB<51> print scalar ( ()=(5,6,7) )
3

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