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From:
philippe.bruhat
Date:
February 1, 2005 06:59
Subject:
Re: "Secret" operators
Message ID:
20050201145733.GA4132@localhost.localdomain
Le mardi 01 février 2005 à 11:49, José Castro écrivait:
> Hi, guys.
> 
> Apart from the "secret eskimo greeting" and the "goatse operator", can
> anyone tell me about other "secret" operators?
> 
> Examples:
> 
> eskimo:   }{
> goatse:   =()=
> 
> eskimo usage:   perl -ne '}{print $.'
> goatse usage:   perl -e '$_="zbrughau";$b=()=/u/g;print $b'

There's also @{[]} but I don't know f it has a name.

Usage: print "splatt @{[ ... ]} pow"
where ... is any valid expression, and the result list is join()ed with $"
(space).

-- 
 Philippe "BooK" Bruhat

 There are two sides to every cause. Do not join one until you know the other.
                                   (Moral from Groo The Wanderer #105 (Epic))

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