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<DIV>@array[2] is just an array with one element. ('a') ; and print prints out the element.<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jay Strauss <me@heyjay.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Chicago.pm chatter <chicago-talk@pm.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, October 1, 2009 4:42:09 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Chicago-talk] Using "@" to reference element in array<BR></FONT><BR>Hi,<BR><BR>I just got a script at work where the writer used:<BR><BR>my @array = qw[adf af a adf asdfd];<BR>print @array[2];<BR><BR>And it works!!<BR><BR>I thought that notation didn't go into effect until Perl6.<BR><BR>I've always done $array[2], and never tried the style above. Is there any reason not to adopt the style above in future Perl5 programming?<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>Jay<BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>