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#!/usr/bin/perl
# Learning RPerl, Section 3.4: Array Length & Negative Indices
# [[[ PREPROCESSOR ]]]
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have $greetings_length = 3' >>>
# [[[ HEADER ]]]
use RPerl;
use strict;
our $VERSION = 0.001_000;
# [[[ CRITICS ]]]
## no critic qw(ProhibitUselessNoCritic ProhibitMagicNumbers RequireCheckedSyscalls) # USER DEFAULT 1: allow numeric values & print operator
## no critic qw(RequireInterpolationOfMetachars) # USER DEFAULT 2: allow single-quoted control characters & sigils
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
my string_arrayref $greetings = ['hello', 'hi', 'howdy'];
my integer $greetings_length = scalar @{$greetings};
print 'have $greetings_length = ', $greetings_length, "\n";