Perl grep does what Perl grep does. Perl grep is not like command line grep. Think of grep{} like a "filter" that operates on a list. If the thing within grep{$something} is TRUE, then the input is passed to the output, ie, a "filter"...THAT'S IT!

Ok, look at this:

my $t = 1;
print grep {$t} qw( a b c d e ); 
What do you think that means?

this is the same as:
grep{1}qw( a b c d e );
and yields the exact same output as input list (a b c d e) 

grep {0} qw( a b c d e ); 
yields nothing! 
because this means foreach(a b c d e), pass each
item to the output (to the left) if the thing within
grep{} is true. BUT {0} is NOT true! So nothing is
passed to your print.


my $True_false = "False";
foreach (qw ( a b c d e ))
{
   print if ($True_false eq "True");
   print "" && $_; #another way
   #either way prints nothing!!!
}


Your very cute use of XOR is well, cute.

my $t = 1;
print grep {$t^=1} qw( a b c d e );
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The above code "toggles" the value within the grep{} between TRUE and FALSE. So you get every other list element. Odd or even depending upon whether $t starts at 0 or starts at 1. This "how do I get the even things in the list" is cute, but maybe a bit too cute?

Anyway the code works exactly as expected.

Update: Maybe the problem is that you don't know what $t^=1 means?
$t+=1; means $t = $t + 1; #better as $t++, but no matter here..
$t^=1; means $t = $t ^ 1;