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Re: Surprised by repetition (x) operator applied to a list

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Mar 30, 2014 at 03:29 UTC ( [id://1080262]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Surprised by repetition (x) operator applied to a list

  1. This: ( [@list] ) x $nelts; says:

    Construct an anonymous array with copies of @list as its content; and then replicate the reference to it $nelts times.

  2. This: map { [@list] } 1 .. $nelts; says:

    Construct $nelts (different) anonymous arrays, that each contain copies of @list.

How would you do it?

I generally omit the block for that type of expression:

my @arr = map[ @list ], 1 .. $nelts;

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Re^2: Surprised by repetition (x) operator applied to a list
by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Mar 30, 2014 at 03:55 UTC

    One way to demonstrate the difference is to replace the expression [@list] with an equivalent subroutine call:

    — which confirms that with map the sub is called three times, but with x it is called only once.

    Hope that helps,

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