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FAQ 7.4 How do I skip some return values? PerlFAQ Server 03-18-2008
Posted by PerlFAQ Server on March 18, 2008, 9:03 pm
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7.4: How do I skip some return values?

One way is to treat the return values as a list and index into it:

$dir = (getpwnam($user))[7];

Another way is to use undef as an element on the left-hand-side:

($dev, $ino, undef, undef, $uid, $gid) = stat($file);

You can also use a list slice to select only the elements that you need:

($dev, $ino, $uid, $gid) = ( stat($file) )[0,1,4,5];



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