Normally when list context is needed you might say (my $s)=func_returning_list();, with the my on the inside.

Based on all the posts I've seen here, that's actually much rarer than my ($s). In fact, I rarely see (my $s). It's just too wordy. Compare 

(my $x, my $y, my $z) = @_;

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with 
my ($x, $y, $z) = @_;

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I was going to count the nodes with "(my" and count those with "my (", but I don't have a handy way of avoiding open(my $fh, ...). Despite that common construct seriously throwing off the count, "my (" still appears more often.

And of course, your code is subject to the shell equivalent of Bobby Tables.

In reply to Re^2: Add Perl Varibles in system() by ikegami
in thread Add Perl Varibles in system() by ahjohnston25

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