Re: substr odd behavior with list arguments

That's because prototype(\&CORE::substr) is $$;$$. It means each argument is evaluated in scalar context, so in the second case @a is interpreted as scalar @a, i.e. the size of the array, which is 2.

Use

my ($offset, $length) = a_subroutine_call_that_returns_offset_and_leng
+th(@some_args);
substr('abcdefg', $offset, $length);
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map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]

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Re^2: substr odd behavior with list arguments by wfischer (Novice) on Mar 22, 2021 at 16:26 UTC
That's the "why" -- thanks for that clear explanation. (And, yes, that's the workaround I use.)	[reply]