Get all except the first one in an array

Question

I want to slice an array to create a new array containing all but the first entry in the array. This is what i tried:

@arguments = $splittedCommands[1..-1];  

Which gives me an empty result. 1 should be the second entry and -1 should be the last, so why doesn't this work?

Answer 1

You should use @ in front of array when slicing an array ($ tells that your're accessing single scalar value inside array), so

my @arguments = @splittedCommands[ 1 .. $#splittedCommands ];

Second, your range should be either -$#splittedCommands .. -1 or 1 .. $#splittedCommands with later being more common and straightforward.

Answer 2

Easiest may be to assign it into another list, using

( undef, my @commands ) = @splittedCommands;

Assigning into undef here throws away the first result, then the remainder goes into @commands

Another approach could be to assign the lot and then remove the first

my @commands = @splittedCommands;
shift @commands;

This could also be simplified if you didn't need to keep the original array around any more; just shift the first item off @splittedCommands then use it directly.