in reply to All of my terms end up in @foo0

If you're looking for the first element of @delete_me, you want $delete_me[0]. Unless you're using Perl 6 already ;^)

Update Yes, @delete_me[0] is valid syntax but not likely what jerrygarciuh was looking for (correct me if I'm wrong ;^)

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All of my terms are belong to @boo0
by boo_radley (Parson) on Feb 08, 2002 at 06:12 UTC
    @delete_me[0] is a one element array slice. I'm not debating that it's a good thing to do, but it's valid enough.
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