Small range syntax error

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This must be a simple mistake, but can someone correct

my @chars = ( A .. Z, a .. z, 1 .. 9, );
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for me? It says there are bareword issues with "A", "Z", "a" and "z".

All I want to do is use all letters upper or lowercase and digits 0 - 9.

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Re: Small range syntax error by sleepingsquirrel (Chaplain) on Nov 09, 2004 at 19:58 UTC
quotes... `my @chars = ("A" .. "Z", "a" .. "z", 1 .. 9, );` [download] -- All code is 100% tested and functional unless otherwise noted.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Small range syntax error by trammell (Priest) on Nov 09, 2004 at 20:51 UTC
`my @chars = ("A" .. "Z", "a" .. "z", 0 .. 9, );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Small range syntax error by graff (Chancellor) on Nov 10, 2004 at 02:25 UTC
All I want to do is use all letters upper or lowercase and digits 0 - 9. Look, Ma! No quotes: `my @chars = map { chr } (0x30..0x39,0x41..0x5a,0x61..0x7a);` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Small range syntax error by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on Nov 10, 2004 at 02:32 UTC
... unless you're running on an EBCDIC system ;-) Dave.	[reply]
Re: Small range syntax error by TedPride (Priest) on Nov 09, 2004 at 21:15 UTC
Oddly enough, it worked fine as is on MacPerl. But yes, you want to use "".	[reply]
Re^2: Small range syntax error by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 09, 2004 at 22:08 UTC
It works with perl (Mac or otherwise) as long as `use strict 'vars'` isn't in effect. Bare words are considered treated as if quoted under `no strict 'vars'`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]