Re: ... for (@

I suspect the key is that x= only operates on scalars. So (@_ = ('a' .. 'b')) is in scalar context and becomes the scalar value 2 which x then make two of.

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Re^2: ... for (@_) x= 2; by LanX (Saint) on Dec 29, 2015 at 03:25 UTC
ok but ... > which x then make two of. .. it's not an `x` but a combined assignment `x=` and it's tricky to see what exactly the target of this assignment is. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply] [d/l] [select]