in reply to list returned from function

The preceding answers assume that MyFunc() returns an array. If it returns an array reference, as it might, you need
sub
MyFunc
{
   my @ary = qw(a b c d e f g h i j);
   return \@ary;
}

my $foo = ${MyFunc()}[4];

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Re: Re: list returned from function
by PrakashK (Pilgrim) on Jan 18, 2002 at 03:34 UTC
    Nothing wrong with the above. But I prefer: 
    my $foo = (MyFunc())->[4];

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