size of an array inside a hash 1

[cptk]

How do you get the size of an array inside a hash in 1 step?

this works (2 steps):
$cnt=@{$hash{$key}};
print "cnt is: $cnt\n";

But if I want to do it in 1 step (print):
print "cnt is: @{$hash{key}}\n";
this doesn't work - it returns all the array elements ...

 

[KevinADC]

That would be the same for all arrays, not just a hash of array. And since "print" is a list operator you have to tell it to print the array in scalar context otherwise it will still print the array but without the default spaces like it does when you double-quote it:

print 'cnt is: ', scalar @{$hash{key}}, "\n";

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[cptk]

kev -
That works !!!
I orig. tried prefixing the array with word scalar, but not in the print format that you supplied.

When I use the same print format you suggested it works great !!! Thanks!

 

[KevinADC]

You're welcome

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