A slice is another collection of elements, not just one. For example: 
my @array = ('a'..'z');
my @slice = @array[4..13];

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Now @slice contains the 4th through the 13th elements of @array.

A hash slice is very similar, it's just a possible subset of the original container. Hash slices can be used to create hashes from two arrays: 

my @keys = qw(foo bar baz);
my @values = qw(one two three);

my %hash;                  # have to declare first!
@hash{@keys} = @values;    # notice the @ instead of %

use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper \%hash;

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$VAR1 = {
          'foo' => 'one',
          'baz' => 'three',
          'bar' => 'two'
        };

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Hope this helps. :)

jeffa

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In reply to Re: What is a "slice" ? by jeffa
in thread What is a "slice" ? by Hayl_

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