in reply to Re^4: Check if key exist in hash but not exact match
in thread Check if key exist in hash but not exact match

> What is triggering the code evaluation of max(...) here?

"  @{[...]}  " is an idiomatic pseudo-operator by combining several mechanisms

Cheers Rolf
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