in reply to Re: Not understanding 2 sentences in perldoc
in thread Not understanding 2 sentences in perldoc

Very concise! ++

But he asked for lists, so

my @x = f(); my @y = @x;

can be written as

my @y = my @x = f();

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

update
DB<39> sub f { 1..3} DB<40> my @y = my @x = f(); print"@x,@y" 1 2 3,1 2 3 DB<41>

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Re^3: Not understanding 2 sentences in perldoc
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 30, 2020 at 22:46 UTC

    Well, the second passage was about scalar assignment. That's what I focused on. Your example completes the answer by addressing the first passage. Thanks.