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"Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@gmail.com> writes:

> From: "Daniel Kluev" <dan.kluev@gmail.com>
> a = [1,2]
> dict([a])
>
> Yes, but
>
> d = dict([a])
>
> is not so nice as
>
> $d = @a;

That will give you the number of elements in @a. What you (probably)
mean is %hash = @array;

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