in reply to subroutine()[$x];

The syntax for the literal slice operator is: 
@result/$result = ( LIST ) [ LIST ];

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Re: •Re: subroutine()[$x];
by ihb (Deacon) on Jun 28, 2003 at 09:28 UTC
    Minor nitpick:   qw/ ... / [ LIST ] (without any parenthesis around qw//) works too (as of 5.6 iirc). Not that this is a particulary useful construct. :-)

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Re: •Re: subroutine()[$x];
by devslashneil (Friar) on Jun 28, 2003 at 08:43 UTC
    Thank you both for your replies, that cleared it up :)

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