in reply to Declaring variables - is it legal to do this?

Yes, this is legal. Not very common, but legal. You could have found this out yourself by simply trying a small test. Example: 

my ($name, $dept, undef, $status) = qw(one two three four);
print "$name, $dept, $status\n";

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one, two, four

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As you can see, the third element is lost.

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Re: Re: Declaring variables - is it legal to do this?
by kiat (Vicar) on May 15, 2004 at 05:00 UTC
    Thanks, Belgarion! Please read my reply to japhy :)
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Re: Re: Declaring variables - is it legal to do this?
by Juerd (Abbot) on May 15, 2004 at 17:05 UTC

    Not very common

    Why "Not very common"? I think it is common.

    Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }

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      I believe most code uses the same methods as japhy's example above. I know I've never used the (..., undef, ...) method, but I have used the (...)[0,1,4] method many times. Granted, my experience doesn't include everyone, but I don't recall seeing the undef example in any Perl documentation, while japhy's example (if I recall correctly) is shown.

      However, as always it's just a personal opinion. :)

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        I've always used: 

        (my $name, my $dept, undef, my $status) = get_info();

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        but I can't remember why. Did 5.00[45] allow this syntax? I guess I don't have to anymore.
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