John W. Krahn wrote:

#! /bin/perl -l

$_ = q[ a b c];

$,=q/,/;
print split ' ';
print split /\s+/;

__END__

a,b,c
,a,b,c

still just me yahoo.com> wrote:

perldoc -q order

I saw sometimes perl scripts where functions are defined in the POSIX line and others where not.
Example:

When should I write:

use POSIX qw(strftime);
.... strftime ..... ;

and when simply:

use POSIX;
.... strftime ..... ;

Tom

Hello

I am still after the answer to the old question whats the difference
between an array and a list. Yes, I read the faq, and I am reading
Programming Perl.

In my current understanding, the array subscript operator [] forces
its left operand to be an array. Thus, if that left operand is a list,
that list is converted to an array. Thus things like
$x = (1,2,3)[0];
$x = (3)[0];

work. But then again, why shoudn't that work?
$x = 3[0];

I thought it's the operator , which composes/constructs a list, not
parantheses. Parantheses are in this discussion only used for
overwriting precedence. Eg this works to create an array with just one
element
@a = 3;

I don't have to write
@a = (3);