Doesn't matter whether your explanation is precise. If one uses warnings (like everyone says here), there are plenty of warnings to make one think whether things are right:

use Data::Dumper;
use strict;
use warnings;

my @array = qw( A B C );
my ($x, $y, $z) = (0, 1, 2);

my @a = $array[0..1];
print Dumper(\@a);
@a = $array[$x..$y];
print Dumper(\@a);

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Which gives:

Use of uninitialized value in range (or flip) at math1.pl line 8.
Use of uninitialized value in range (or flop) at math1.pl line 8.
$VAR1 = [
          'B'
        ];
Argument "" isn't numeric in array element at math1.pl line 10.
$VAR1 = [
          'A'
        ];

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With all the warnings, one starts to fix things:

use Data::Dumper;
use strict;
use warnings;

my @array = qw( A B C );
my ($x, $y, $z) = (0, 1, 2);

my @a = @array[0..1];
print Dumper(\@a);
@a = @array[$x..$y];
print Dumper(\@a);

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Which gives the slice one wanted:

$VAR1 = [
          'A',
          'B'
        ];
$VAR1 = [
          'A',
          'B'
        ];

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In reply to Re: Slice Madness by pg
in thread Slice Madness by japhy

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