in reply to @h{qw(a b c)} doesn't create an @h array. It sets 3 scalar values in the %h hash.

Arrays are subscripted with []s not {}.

@hash{...} = ...; is called a hash slice. See perlreftut.

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Re^2: @h{qw(a b c)} doesn't create an @h array. It sets 3 scalar values in the %h hash.
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 10, 2005 at 18:42 UTC

    ...which is related to array slices:

    my %hash = (
   'a' => 'A',
   'b' => 'B',
   'c' => 'C',  
);

my @array = qw( d e f );

print(join(', ',   @hash{'a', 'b'}   ), "\n");  # A, B
print(join(', ',   @array[0, 1]      ), "\n");  # d, e

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