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0 pointsdragonwriter6y ago0 comments

> It's trivial to understand the difference between the scalar var $foo and the array var $foo[0] if someone explains it to you or you read it;

I don't Perl much, but aren't those both scalars and @foo is an array variable. $foo[0] would be a scalar that is the first element of @foo, right?

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Yes, indeed — I should have said "scalar element of the array var..." or something.

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0 pointsdragonwriter6y ago0 comments

> It's trivial to understand the difference between the scalar var $foo and the array var $foo[0] if someone explains it to you or you read it;

I don't Perl much, but aren't those both scalars and @foo is an array variable. $foo[0] would be a scalar that is the first element of @foo, right?

Yes, indeed — I should have said "scalar element of the array var..." or something.

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