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Or try "array slice" 
$ perl -e '
my @colors = qw(red blue orange purple pink white);
@colors = @colors[3..$#colors]; 
print join (" ", @colors),"\n";'

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prints: 
purple pink white

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Update: Check perldata for more detail explanation about slice.

Regards,
Edward

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Re^2: Array Splicing: Need Help!
by Anonymous Monk on May 26, 2005 at 15:05 UTC
    Cool! Does that mean we can always replace "splice" with "slicing"?
    Is there any case where only "splice" works but not slicing?
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      Splicing modifies the array. Slicing returns a list without modifying the original data structure (whether it's a hash, an array, or a list).

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