Brethren,

How do I pull out the n'th value when a function returns a list, without using an intermediate array variable? E.g. the following works, but by introducing the clutter of @temp; 

use strict;

sub dirs{qw(NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST)}
my(@temp) = dirs();
my($horaceGreeleyDir) = $temp[3];

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but the following attempts don't 
my($horaceGreeleyDir) = dirs()[3];
my($horaceGreeleyDir) = @{dirs()}[3];
my($horaceGreeleyDir) = ${dirs()}[3];
my($horaceGreeleyDir) =()[3] = dirs();

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This works, but is looks worse than the original: 
(undef, undef, undef, my  $horaceGreeleyDir) = dirs();

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Suggestions?

throop

meta-question: on what should I have searched to answer this question myself?

In reply to Pulling out an element from a function return without using an intermediate list by throop

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