>scalar (@array);
>scalar (%hash);
>
>can be used to get the number of elements.

For arrays, yes.  For hashes, no.  scalar %hash produces something that looks 
like this: 3/8, which is some measure of the number of buckets used by the 
hashing algo (efficiency).

print scalar keys %hash, "\n";

will give you the number of keys.

cheers,

nathanael


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