How do I completely empty out an array?

Just in case you make the mistake I did, you can't use:

@array = "";

As the @array will be assigned a 'value' and will contain one element equal to "".

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Re: Answer: How do I completely empty out an array? by gwadej (Chaplain) on Jan 18, 2004 at 00:27 UTC
Good point, but you left out the real answer. Which is `@array = ();` [download] This should save the new Perl programmer a little grief for not realizing the answer. G. Wade	[reply] [d/l]