Can anyone explain this code and how its working.

grep applies the block { !$seen{$_}++ } on each element of @a and depending on the result of that application, skips the element or returns it. Inside the block the current element from @a is in $_. The block returns the negation of the value stored under the key $_ in the hash %seen.

Inside the block, in the hash %seen, the value keyed on $_ is at first undefined; it is incremented - but with a post-increment, so on the first occurrence of the hash key stored in $_, the negation (!$seen{$_}) of that undefined (false) value is 1 (or true). So,on the first occurrence the block returns a true value, and the currently evaluated element from @a passes the grep. On the next occurrence of the same hash key the value is already set to a positive integer, which when negated results in a false value - the element doesn't pass the grep.

Yes, I know, the above text needs to be read twice...

--shmem

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                              /\_¯/(q    /
----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}

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