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Re^3: Counting the number of items returned by split without using a named arrayby blazar (Canon) |
| on May 03, 2006 at 13:07 UTC ( [id://547139]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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Because it's not an operator of itself. It's an assignment to a list further piped into another assignment. It's just a means to create a list context. Others may find a better wording to describe it: possibly mine is not as technically accurate as it could be. Unfortunately as others already explained, it's not reliable to use it with split.
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