#!/usr/bin/perl -wT use strict; my @array = (42); my $array_count = @array; # array in scalar context my $list_count = (42); # list in scalar context my $sub_count = testsub(); # list or array???? print "Array in scalar context: $array_count\n", "List in scalar context: $list_count\n", "Subs rv in scalar context: $sub_count\n"; sub testsub { # does this return a list or an array???? return (42); } =OUTPUT Array in scalar context: 1 List in scalar context: 42 Subs rv in scalar context: 42