Re: foreach statement's parentheses


Tim Hammerquist wrote:

> >
> > "A list value may also be subscripted like a normal array. You must put
> > the list in parentheses (real ones) to avoid amibiguity. Though it's
> > often used to fetch a single value out of a list, it's really a slice
> > of the list, so the syntax is:"
> >
> > (LIST)[LIST]
>
> Thanks. I knew it was good perl. I'm just looking for a term
> to describe what the parens do in that instance.
>
> Thanks again,
> Tim Hammerquist

no prob. i guess the term would be 'disambiguate'.

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