Re: Finding Sum of Consecutive Numerical Difference in Set of Numbers

@_ = qw( 2 4 5 7 );
$_ = eval join '-', @_;

print

#stdout -14 and not -10
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Re^2: Finding Sum of Consecutive Numerical Difference in Set of Numbers by Anonymous Monk on Oct 29, 2005 at 11:04 UTC
eval should be used sparingly	[reply]