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Re: Returning lists vs arrays

by hardburn (Abbot)
on Jan 20, 2003 at 16:42 UTC ( [id://228389]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Returning lists vs arrays

--Reposting my answer from the duplicated node--

I think you're confused by the distinction between arrays and lists. Lists are a bunch of values, while arrays are variables that hold values. See perlfaq4.

Outside your subroutine, the distinction doesn't matter. It will all look like arrays:

sub return_array { my @a = (0, 1, 2, 3); return @a; } sub return_list { return (0, 1, 2, 3); } my @array1 = return_array(); my @array2 = return_list();

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Re: Re: Returning lists vs arrays
by ihb (Deacon) on Jan 20, 2003 at 16:54 UTC
    Outside your subroutine, the distinction doesn't matter.

    It does, depending on context. See Context aware functions - best practices? for an example of this.

    It will all look like arrays

    (Assuming list context.) Make that "lists" instead. A bunch of values are returned, and as you say yourself, that's a list.

    If you really want to return a list but the whole list is stored in an array you can do   return @stuff[0..$#stuff];

    ihb

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