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It makes perfect sense to me, though I would probably rephrase it thusly:

Evaluates the BLOCK or EXPR for each element of LIST (locally setting $_ to each element) and returns a list of the results .

That help any?

C.

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Re^2: Understanding the map function
by wfsp (Abbot) on Jul 14, 2005 at 09:55 UTC
    Nitpick.

    ...returns a list value for each element of LIST...

    It took me a while to get my head 'round that. Once you do the docs make more sense.

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      That would make it more confusing, to me. It already says 'evaluates something for each element in list', thus 'returns a list of the results' cant mean anything but 'list of evaluated somethings for each element in list' ... or not?

      C.

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      That edit makes the definition imprecise. map can return multiple list values for each element of LIST.

      --jwest



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Re^2: Understanding the map function
by anonymized user 468275 (Curate) on Jul 14, 2005 at 09:25 UTC
    Thanks - I prefer your suggestion, which makes a clear overview from the beginning.

    Hmmm... though I wonder if anything makes sense provided you already know everything it is trying to say.

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