@things = ("hello", "why", 6, "we are the weirdos mister");
print "$things[0] @things[0..3]\n";
$things[2] = "no longer a number";
print "@things[0..3]\n";
#print "$things[6]\n";
#push @things, qw(sup newfriend );
#print "$things[6]/n";
#$nope = pop @things;
#print "$nope\n";

returns

hello hello why 6 we are the weirdos mister
hello why no longer a number we are the weirdos mister


@things = ("hello", "why", 6, "we are the weirdos mister");
print "$things[0] @things[0..3]\n";
$things[2] = "no longer a number";
print "@things[0..3]\n";
print "$things[6]\n";
push @things, qw(sup newfriend );
print "$things[6]/n";
#$nope = pop @things;
#print "$nope\n";

returns

hello hello why 6 we are the weirdos mister
hello why no longer a number we are the weirdos mister
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at test.pl line 27.

Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at test.pl line 29.



from what I know, you can't have undefined slots between defined slots in arrays?

push @things, qw(sup newfriend ); would put this in the 4th slot anyhow.


@things = ("hello", "why", 6, "we are the weirdos mister");
print "$things[0] @things[0..3]\n";
$things[2] = "no longer a number";
print "@things[0..3]\n";
#print "$things[6]\n";
push @things, qw(sup newfriend );
#print "$things[6]/n";
$nope = pop @things;
print "$nope\n";


hello hello why 6 we are the weirdos mister
hello why no longer a number we are the weirdos mister
newfriend


so I have zero idea what you're expecting for the answer to Question 6.


..I mean especially since things[6] (dimensions[6]) would imply 7 scalars, not 6.