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Thanks for that pointer, Loops.

BTW, what does 'sigil' mean in this context?

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Re^3: Concise code to list array elements
by davido (Cardinal) on Apr 08, 2013 at 04:54 UTC

    In a Perlish context, a sigil is the $, @, %, or & that precedes an identifier.

    Although it doesn't actually use the sigil word, perldata will help to understand the syntax of slices.


    Dave

      OK - thanks Dave.