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Re: Re: NEWBIE Brain Teaser #2, by nysus

by artist (Parson)
on Apr 16, 2001 at 12:07 UTC ( [id://72808]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to Re: NEWBIE Brain Teaser #2, by nysus
in thread NEWBIE Brain Teaser #2, by nysus

$_ = qw(nothing nothing)
Translates to:
1. Under 5.005
@_ = qw(nothing nothing)
2. Under 5.6
No effect on @_;
Resulting
call for &subroutine
1. Under 5.005
prints "..nothing..nothing"
2. Under 5.6
prints "..alpha ..omega"

Try:

print qw(1 2 3)[0]
under 5.005 and 5.6.

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Re: Re: Re: NEWBIE Brain Teaser #2, by nysus
by merlyn (Sage) on Apr 16, 2001 at 15:35 UTC

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