in reply to Elements in array

Here's another way: 
my @array = qw(a b c d a a a a e);
my %hash;
@hash{@array} = 1 x @array;
print join(':', keys %hash);

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Update: this code has nothing to do with the question, as tadman noticed :))) Bad kappa, no cookie and of course no more beer ;)

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Re^2: Elements in array
by tadman (Prior) on May 17, 2002 at 16:03 UTC
    To meet my sarcasm quota for the month, I am compelled to say:

    Where is the part where you count how many 'a's there are?
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