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in thread How to split unique patterns

Hi Corion, Thank you so much for your patience on this. I really appreciate your explanation as it was very clear and precise. Kudos to you. Could I trouble you with just one more question,please. what does the following mean? @info{ @columns }= ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6); Kind Regards, Cornelius

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Re^9: How to split unique patterns
by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 11, 2013 at 07:51 UTC

    The construct @info{ @columns } is a Hash Slice, as described in perldata.

    It basically allows mass-assignment to multiple keys of a hash in one statement.

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