Re: shorter 1 liner way of doing this

grep { $array[$_] =~ /xxx/ } 0 .. $#array;
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why are you so obsessed with one liners

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Re^2: shorter 1 liner way of doing this by theleftright (Novice) on Dec 27, 2015 at 21:40 UTC
smaller code and it's one of perls many strong points and for whatever reason people are obsessed with perl golf and quines and 1 liners and perl poems and ..ect..	[reply]
Re^3: shorter 1 liner way of doing this by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Dec 27, 2015 at 22:21 UTC
You have to program to play Perl golf, etc., but Perl golf, etc., is not programming. It doesn't really matter what you do, just don't do it in the machine room and frighten the hardware. Value clarity over concision. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: shorter 1 liner way of doing this by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Dec 28, 2015 at 01:05 UTC
Obsessed? Nay, sir. I despise Perl “poetry” and as Clemens observed golf is a good walk spoiled and quines are for Aussie professors!	[reply]