Re: What is the difference between a list and an array?

Basic difference is if I set

 $scalar = @array;
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I get the number of elemets in the array. However if I do

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 $scalar = @list;
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I get the first value of the list popped into this scalar value.

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Re: Re: What is the difference between a list and an array? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Dec 12, 2001 at 01:05 UTC
Actually, those are both arrays. You might also amend the last sentence after running this code: `my $scalar = (1, 2, 4, 8); print "Have: $scalar\n";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: What is the difference between a list and an array? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 13, 2010 at 06:01 UTC
List is something which is nothing but a group of scalar variables separated by comma(,). In order to use the list in PERL, we need to declare it in an array variable, prefixed by "@", or a hash variable prefixed by "%".	[reply]