Re^2: variable declaration question

print(my $foo = (1, 2, 3), "\n");
print(my ($foo) = (1, 2, 3), "\n");
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Ah, I see. The line:

print(my $foo = (1, 2, 3), "\n");
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is a convenient way of assigning the last element of an array to a variable.

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Re^3: variable declaration question by keszler (Priest) on Jan 18, 2013 at 22:14 UTC
Try: `print(my $foo = ('a', 'b', 'c'), "\n");` vs: `my @foo = ('a', 'b', 'c'); my $bar = @foo; print $bar, "\n";` I like using letters vs numbers to avoid confusion...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: variable declaration question by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Jan 21, 2013 at 12:31 UTC
Quite right. ++ --MidLifeXis	[reply]