How do I completely empty out an array?

[bradcathey]

Originally posted as an Answer to How do I completely empty out an array?

Just in case you make the mistake I did, you can't use:

@array = "";

As the @array will be assigned a 'value' and will contain one element equal to "".

[gwadej]

Good point, but you left out the real answer. Which is

@array = ();

This should save the new Perl programmer a little grief for not realizing the answer.