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Oh my god, it's so clear once you saw it !
I keep forgeting about those shortcuts like the range operator, I was starting to write:
my @alpa =('a','b',...) ;
BTW isn't a int missing before the rand @alpha ?
I mean, it works without it but it seems strange no?
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by broquaint (Abbot) on Nov 14, 2002 at 15:45 UTC
    BTW isn't a int missing before the rand @alpha ?
    I mean, it works without it but it seems strange no?
    Since arrays indices are integer based, so perl automagically converts the given float to an int. I should imagine it would be rather awkward accessing the 2.53815239812875th element of an array ;)
    HTH

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    broquaint

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      I really like the word automagically, it really fits with perl. :)
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