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May 16, 1999, 9:30 PM
dahamsta
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Multiple shift();
Hi,

Simple question, is it possible to remove multiple items from an array using shift? i.e. rather than using:

shift(@array);
shift(@array);
shift(@array);

...is there something like:

shift(@array,3);

???

Thanks,
adam
May 17, 1999, 3:41 PM
Alex
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May 17, 1999, 3:41 PM
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Sure, check out the splice command. Type:

perldoc -f splice

to find out more, but to do what you want is:

splice (@array, 0, 3);

Cheers,

Alex
May 17, 1999, 11:47 PM
dahamsta
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May 17, 1999, 11:47 PM
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Thanks Alex.