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Another alternative, which I think I prefer. Best thing is you don't get "Use of uninitialized value in join or string at ..." if the array size isn't an exact multiple of the chunk size. 

sub getIter (\@$;$) {
    my ($ref, $size, $next) = @_;
    $next ||= 0;
    return sub {
        $next = 0, return () unless $next <= $#$ref;
        my $start = $next;
        $next = $next+$size <= $#$ref ? $next+$size-1 : $#$ref;
        @$ref[ $start .. $next++  ]
    }
}

my $iter = getIter( @array, 2 );
while( my @chunk = $iter->() ) {
    print "Chunk: @chunk";
}

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Re: Re: Non-destructive array processing
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jan 21, 2003 at 16:21 UTC
    In what context would you use the $next variable? It looks to be useful only for setting a first value to return. (Sorta like "Skip the first N values" thingy...)

    Is that what it is?

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      That's it exactly. Skip the $first n and then give'm to me in chunks of $size after that.

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Re: Re: Non-destructive array processing
by Juerd (Abbot) on Jan 21, 2003 at 19:30 UTC

    Best thing is you don't get "Use of uninitialized value in join or string at ..." if the array size isn't an exact multiple of the chunk size.

    I *want* those warnings. If the array length is not an exact multiple of the chunk size, something is wrong, and I would like to be informed. In production code, I'd let it croak if @array % 2 even before looping. 

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