Re^2: Find most frequently used word in text file.

This is not correct. From perlop under I/O operators:

If a <FILEHANDLE> is used in a context that is looking for a list, a list comprising all input lines is returned, one line per list element.

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Re^3: Find most frequently used word in text file. by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Dec 20, 2013 at 09:42 UTC
Aha, TFT hdb - good spot - it's early in the morning (for me) and my contexts are somewhat confused :-( My comment would be applicable if the OP was trying to slurp a file into a scalar, which they aren't. I'm not at all sure i.e. can't remember, if I've yet attempted to slurp a file into a list. A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply]
Re^4: Find most frequently used word in text file. by Laurent_R (Canon) on Dec 20, 2013 at 18:16 UTC
Yes, I used `undef $/;` because I wanted to slurp the file into a scalar variable (making the subsequent processing slightly simpler). But it would not be necessary to `undef $/` in a list context.	[reply] [d/l] [select]