Hello Wise Monks:

I have a very simple print question: The following code does what I need:

 @array = 5..9;
  print " @array \n";

  push @array, 10;
  print "@array \n" ;

  push @array, qw( fred barney wilma)  ;
  print "@array \n" ;
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produces the following, which is what I expected:

C:\dev\learningPerl>perl ex3a.pl
 5 6 7 8 9
5 6 7 8 9 10
5 6 7 8 9 10 fred barney wilma

C:\dev\learningPerl>
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My question is: what is going on in this code?

@array = 5..9;
print @array  . "\n";

push  @array, 10;
print @array  . "\n" ;

push  @array, qw( fred barney wilma)  ;
print @array . "\n" ;
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produces the following, which seems strange to me. Certainly not what I expected.

C:\dev\learningPerl>perl ex3a.pl
  5
  6
  9

C:\dev\learningPerl>
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Just try to learn Perl and the above seeems strange to me.

Many Thanks for your kind assistance.

Best

KD