Array length in PERL

anent · November 12, 2001, 7:30pm

Hi experts,
How to get the length of an Array in PERL.
for eg., @Var having 5 elements.

regards
Anent

doeboy · November 12, 2001, 7:54pm

Set a variable $a=@testarray

$a will be the number of elements in the array.

anent · November 13, 2001, 4:33pm

hi deeboy,
Wow, its working fine.
Thanks a lot
Anent

summer_cherry · July 17, 2008, 2:21am

print $#array;

spirtle · July 17, 2008, 4:54am

The difference is that

$#array

is the index of the last element in the array, while

scalar(@array)

is the number of elements.

Impressive old thread revival skills, BTW.

KevinADC · July 17, 2008, 4:39pm

Yea, thanks for digging up a nearly 7 year old thread!