How do I append an element to a perl array?

Programming Tips - How do I append an element to a perl array?

Date: 2014nov11 Language: perl Q. How do I append an element to a perl array? A. Use push() like this:

push(@a, 'new element');

Note that push() works in-place. So do NOT do this:

@a = push(@a, 'new element'); # WRONG, WRONG, WRONG