( $x, $y, $z ) = qw( a b c );

Why the above returns void context?

(my ($x, $y, $z) = qw( 1 2 3 )) = qw( a b c );

Does it return void context in this expression too?

"void context" means it returns nothing (or doesn't need to return anything)

see perlglossary

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

I see. But I want to know why in my ($x, $y, $z) = qw( 1 2 3 ); it's returning the lvalues in list context and why in ( $x, $y, $z ) = qw( a b c ); it's returning nothing?

And in the expression (my ($x, $y, $z) = qw( 1 2 3 )) = qw( a b c ); it's returning nothing as well?