Re: What does "}{" mean?

* Leo <[email protected]> [2004-02-07 13:22]:
> > Golfers also use the fact that in a -p/-n program the next character 
> > is a ;, for example 
> 
> What do you mean by 'the next character is a ';''?

As some others have pointed out, not only is the loop literally constructed
around your code, but a semicolon is also inserted.  That is why the "print q"
trick works, and it's also why you can omit the final semicolon of @; at the
end of Ton's example program:

> > #!perl -alp0
> > s!.+!$;[@$z{$&,$_}=%$z]=$z=$_.$&for@F,@F!eg;$_=pop@

-- Mike

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