Concatenating Array elements

[lmtaylor]

If I am to concatenate two elements of an array, will the index numbers assigned to the array elements update? In other words, if I were to run this code:

@array = (1..10);

$array[7] = $array[7] . $array[8];

My array now has the following elements:

1

2

3

4

5

6

78

9

10

Is the index of 9 still $array[9]? Or has it been bumped up to $array[8] since the number that was in $array[8] has been concatenated with $array[7]?

I've tried searching for this online, but couldn't find anything...maybe I'm using incorrect terminology?

Thanks a lot!

- Lisa