how to write this in shorthand?

shanonvl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hola monks, this should be really easy but i can't seem to figure it out--

my $value = "morning,afternoon,night";
my @tmp = split /,/, $value;
my $list_ref = \@tmp;
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i want to make the 2nd and 3rd lines into a single stmt... i figure this should be a no brainer and frankly, i'm a bit embarrased that i have to ask.. :) thanks in advance!

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Re: how to write this in shorthand? by halley (Prior) on Sep 26, 2005 at 19:08 UTC
`my $value = "morning,afternoon,night"; my $list_ref = [ split /,/, $value ];` [download] There are other ways, as I'm sure you'll see in follow-up nodes. Read perldoc perlreftut and perlref for more information on the `[]` and `{}` syntax for constructing literal data structures. -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: how to write this in shorthand? by shanonvl (Initiate) on Sep 26, 2005 at 19:11 UTC
duh. thanks ed! i was using { } instead of [ ]... my brain wasn't working.	[reply]