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my $sum = 0; $sum = [map {$sum +=$_} @arrayToSum]->[$#arrayToSum];
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Re: Answer: How can I add all the numbers in an array with out doing a foreach loop?
by choroba (Cardinal) on Jul 09, 2013 at 09:27 UTC
    The problem is it does not work under strict and it is probably not doing what you think (it uses a global $sum and lexical $sum at the same time which is confusing).
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Re: Answer: How can I add all the numbers in an array with out doing a foreach loop?
by Tux (Canon) on Jul 12, 2013 at 08:40 UTC

    List::Util is CORE:

    use List::Util qw( sum ); my $sum = sum @arrayToSum;

    Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn