Understandig on Creating Empty array reference

[jesuashok]

Hi All monks

I have a doubt in creating a empty array reference.

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
                                                                      
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@d = ( 1,2);
$array = \@d;
$array = \();
$$array[0] = 1;
                                                                      
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print "Value :", $$array[0] , "\n";

In the above code

If I comment "$array = \@d;" then If I run the code I am getting an error like

<bold>Not an ARRAY reference</bold>

Can't I create Empty array reference.

Or am I am making any mistake in understanding the array reference

Please adive me on the same.

Thank you all

[Corion]

\() does not create an array reference. See perldoc perlop on the \ operator to see what it does.

What you want is:

$array = []

[davido]

A doubt would be tendancy toward disbelief. What you have is a question.

$array = \(); doesn't create a reference to an empty array. You probably want $array = [];

\() creates individual references to each entity inside of the (). Since there is no entity inside of your (), no reference is created. [] is the anonymous array constructor. That's what you're looking for.