What does the special variable $#_ mean in Perl?

Question

I encountered this special variable ($#_) while browsing. Tried finding out what it means, but couldn't find any. Please let me know what this special variable mean.

Answer 1

In Perl, you get the index of the last element of @array with the syntax $#array. So $#_ is the index of the last element in the array @_. This is not the same thing as the number of elements in the array (which you get with scalar @array), because Perl arrays are normally 0-based.