Re^2: How to count substrings in an array?

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Goatse operator, huh? Any idea why it isn't mentioned in perlop?

Also, is there a way to achieve what this operator does (forced array context) without an assigment? I.e. to use inside a map { ... } without introducing temporary variables.

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Re^3: How to count substrings in an array? by LanX (Saint) on Feb 03, 2013 at 12:01 UTC
> Goatse operator, huh? Any idea why it isn't mentioned in perlop? Maybe because the political correct name is now "Rolex operator" ? ;-) > I.e. to use inside a map { ... } without introducing temporary variables. `DB<107> $s="a"x10 => "aaaaaaaaaa" DB<108> scalar ( ()= $s =~ /a/g ) => 10` [download] Cheers Rolf	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: How to count substrings in an array? by choroba (Cardinal) on Feb 03, 2013 at 20:07 UTC
Rolex operator Are they renaming the watches to Goatse at the same time to reciprocate? لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]
Re^5: How to count substrings in an array? by LanX (Saint) on Feb 03, 2013 at 20:45 UTC
> Are they renaming the watches to Goatse at the same time to reciprocate? Almost, it's a circular swap! The watches will be rebranded to "Saturn" and the planet is now called "Goatse" ... Cheers Rolf	[reply]
Re^3: How to count substrings in an array? by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Feb 03, 2013 at 11:20 UTC
Goatse operator ... isn't mentioned in perlop? See links from BooK proposes a new Perl secret operator (Secret Operator References) for info on 'secret' operators. ... a way to achieve what this operator does ... without an assigment? I.e. ... inside a `map` See below.	[reply] [d/l]

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