SPUG: Splice

Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes sthoenna at efn.org
Thu Nov 4 11:27:37 CST 2004


On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 09:01:19AM -0800, Dan Ebert <mathin at mathin.com> wrote:
> 
> OK, this is an easy one.  I just need a sanity check.
> 
> splice(@array,0);
> 
> does the same thing as
> 
> @array = ();
> 
> right?

Almost:

$ perl -wle'@array=1..3;print splice(@array,0); print "after:@array"'
123
after:

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$ perl -wle'@array=1..3;print(@array=()); print "after:@array"'

after:


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