Pretty simple question this. I'm sure there is a way to do it but I can't seem to figure it out. This question is just about efficiently written code.

Basically I want to return just one element of an array where the array is actually a return value from a function without having to define a temporary variable.

For example using localtime I might just want to return the hour which could be done using.

my @temp=localtime(time); print $temp[ 2 ]

I've tried different types of syntax but can';t quite seem to figure out the best way, I was hoping something like :

print localtime(time)[ 2 ]

would work. Another example might be the return value from a Win32::ODBC Error call.

print $db->Error[ 1 ]

Which again of course doesn't work!

Could any monks offer insight or give example as to how I would do this.

---

---

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! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

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:
	&		&
	<		&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.