whats the difference between array and list in perl ?
This is what I found on http://www.tutorialspoint.com/perl/perl_arrays.htm
"Lists are really a special type of array - .essentially, , a list is a temporary construct that holds a series of values. The list can be "hand" generated using parentheses and the comma operator, "
I dont understand what this means. Please clarify this statement and please point to obvious difference between array and list.
Is it like when an array is created without any double quotes or single quotes, its called list ?
@list1 = (1,2,3,4); # example of list
@list2 = (list1, list2, list3, list4); #example of list
@arr1 = ("1" , "2", "3", "4"); # example of array
@arr2 = ("arr1", "arr2", "arr3", "arr4") ; # example of array

Is this understanding correct ?
I could not find much information about it online. When shall we prefer to use list over array or array over list ?

In reply to difference between array and list in perl by manishrathi

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