Re^2: How to access directly an element of an array / list returned by a function?

That doesn't work with the dereferencing operator (->), since the return of File::Spec->splitpath is not a reference. This works:

my $name = ( File::Spec->splitpath($path) )[2];
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Steve

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Re^3: How to access directly an element of an array / list returned by a function? by vic2608 (Initiate) on Aug 26, 2010 at 17:47 UTC
Sorry, could have sworn I tried that first. Many thanks!!	[reply]
Re^4: How to access directly an element of an array / list returned by a function? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 26, 2010 at 19:04 UTC
Your code used the [] markers around your function to create an anonymous array reference, with that the -> dereference was a correct, if scenic, choice. Tom's solution used () for precedence to help the parser understand that the list returned from the function is what needs slicing. Unfortunately he kept the -> which was incorrect.	[reply]