You were so close. This works: 
my $year = (localtime((stat($file))[9]))[5] + 1900;

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The basic idea is that to take an indexed item from the result of a function that returns a list, is to wrap the function call in extra parens. Like this: 

my $sixth = (foo(@args))[5];

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Alternatively, you can wrap it in an anonymous array, too: 

my $sixth = [foo(@args)]->[5];

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The arrow is not optional.

So, this will work, too: 

my $year = [localtime([stat($file)]->[9])]->[5] + 1900;

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In reply to Re: list slice by bart
in thread list slice by eXile

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