The range operator has two different behaviors, depending on whether it is used in scalar or list context. Everything you've described above applies when the range operator is used in scalar context, whereas all your tests use it in list context..

perlop also describes the behavior of the range operator in list context, which is simply to return a list of values counting by one from the left operand to the right operand.

'z' .. 'a' is a special case. When the range operator is using magical autoincrement (like $var++), it stops when the string is greater than the right operand, or when the string is longer than the right operand. Thus, you'd get the same result from 'z' .. 'z' or 'z' .. '.'.

In reply to Re: Range Operators Question by chipmunk
in thread Range Operators Question by dsb

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