Paul Hodges writes: > Maybe, but I don't like returning junctures in those cases unless you > *explicitly* ask for it. I'd rather the default be the arbitrary lists > returned, or whatever fits the context. How about > > @ar=[a..z]; > %hash=(a=>1,b=>4,c=>7); > > $j=1|2|3;
@j = (1,2,3); > $k="a"|"c"; @k = <a c>; > @u = @ar[$j]; # (b..d) @u = @[EMAIL PROTECTED]; etc. Perl can indeed slice using ordinary lists. Another problem with using junctions for this is that they're unordered, and you're expecting ordered results back. Luke
