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in thread [SOLVED] Get element count of CONSTANT list (aref))

Besides, it results in the same type of behaviour:

In list context, yes, but like @{...} you can force it to scalar context: 0+STEPPER_SEQUENCE->@* is 8. And BTW, there is also STEPPER_SEQUENCE->$#* which will returns 7. tybalt89's code forced the scalar context with the dot . operator.

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