you can't insert a code-block within the array-literal, hence keep the semicolon out.

  DB<106> @x= map {int rand 10 } 1..10
 => (5, 5, 7, 6, 1, 5, 3, 5, 7, 7)

  DB<107> [ sort @x ]
 => [1, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7]

  DB<108> [ sort @x; ]
syntax error at (eval 59)[multi_perl5db.pl:644] line 2, at EOF

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if you need more than a simple statement use do { BLOCK }.

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NB: the comment alone is no problem, cause it's ignored while parsing and not part of any statement 

lanx@nc10-ubuntu:~$ perl -c
sub my_filter {
   my ($hash) = @_;
   return [
      sort {$b <=> $a} keys %{$hash}         #Reverse sort
   ];
}
- syntax OK

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Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

In reply to Re: syntax error - WHERE? by LanX
in thread syntax error - WHERE? by davidfilmer

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