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The shift function in Perl will remove the first value of the array passed to it and return it. ... Note, the array itself got shorter. The first element was ... Togglenavigation PerlMaven PerlTutorial Pro Login Register Books Typekeyword: Archive About shiftinPerl shift @ARGV @_ TheshiftfunctioninPerlwillremovethefirstvalueofthearraypassedtoitandreturnit. my@names=('Foo','Bar','Moo'); my$first=shift@names; print"$first\n";#Foo print"@names\n";#BarMoo Note,thearrayitselfgotshorter.Thefirstelementwasremovedfromit! shiftwithoutparameters Incasenoarrayispassedtoit,shifthastwodefaultsdependingonthelocationofshift. Ifshiftisoutsideanyfunctionittakesthefirstelementof@ARGV(theparameterlistoftheprogram). examples/shift_argv.pl usestrict; usewarnings; my$first=shift; print"$first\n"; $perlexamples/shift_argv.plonetwo one Ifshiftisinsideafunctionittakesthefirstelementof@_(theparameterlistofthefunction). examples/shift_in_sub.pl usestrict; usewarnings; subsomething{ my$first=shift; print"$first\n"; } something('hello','world'); $perlexamples/shift_in_sub.plonetwo hello Hereshiftdisregardedthecontentof@ARGVandtookthefirstelementof@_,thearray holdingtheparameterspassedtothefunction. Shiftonemptyarray Ifthearrayshiftworksonisempty,thenshiftwillreturnundef. Regardlessifthearraywasexplicitelygiventoitorimplicelyselectedbasedonthelocationofshift. Seevideoexplainingshiftandunshift ortheexampleusingshifttogetfirstparameterofascript. Writtenby GaborSzabo Publishedon2015-12-17 Comments Inthecomments,pleasewrapyourcodesnippetswithin

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