Re^3: How to find number of elements of an array from array reference

Why? Scalar assignment always imposes scalar context.

Perhaps the OP didn't want to do an assignment. Contrast

  @a = ( 42 );
  printf("%d\n", @a);         # prints 42
  printf("%d\n", scalar(@a)); # prints 1
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I find it is seldom necessary to use scalar(), since I'm more likely to do assignment or conditional testing, where scalar context is implied. But scalar() has its place when the default is list context.

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Re^4: How to find number of elements of an array from array reference by chromatic (Archbishop) on Apr 07, 2011 at 21:41 UTC
I prefer `0 + @a` in that case, to be explicit about numeric scalar context, but point taken.	[reply] [d/l]