my @array = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
my @array_slice = @array[0,1,2];
print @array,"\n";
print @array_slice,"\n";
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In this code,

@array	is an	array
@array_slice	is an	array
@array[0,1,2]	is a	slice
@array[0,1,2]	equals	($array[0], $array[1], $array[2])
@array,"\n"	is a	list
@array_slice,"\n"	is a	list

Note: every slice is also a list.

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