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But @array isn't interpolated anywhere. The =~ operator doesn't impose any magical interpolation of the LHS. Instead, @array is in scalar context, and @array in scalar context is the length of the array. 

  my @foo = 1..5;
  print @foo =~ /5/; # prints '1' for success.

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Update: Oops, sorry, my bad. Missed the parenthesis in the OP.

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Re: Re: Re: Pattern matching across an array
by tommyw (Hermit) on Feb 06, 2003 at 10:46 UTC

    If you notice, Foxcub has tried stringifying the array, by enclosing it in quotes. That's where the interpolation happens.

    my @foo = 1..5;
print "@foo" =~ /1 2 3 4 5/; # prints '1' for success.

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