Hi,

I tried to reproduce exactly your scenario, but I do not get any weird result: 

  DB<1>  @L = 0..27; # use @L rather than @l for more clarity (avoid m
+istaking 1 and l)

  DB<2>  p $#L;
27
  DB<3> @F = 0..23;

  DB<4> p $#F;
23
  DB<5>  use List::Util 'max';

  DB<6> p max($#L, $#F);
27

[download]
Perhaps you should show how @l and @F are populating, although I fail to see what it could be at this point.

My Perl version: 

perl 5, version 14, subversion 4 (v5.14.4)

[download]

In reply to Re: Max of 23 and 27 is 23? by Laurent_R
in thread Max of 23 and 27 is 23? by luxgladius

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.