Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

SPLICE

Synopsis

SPLICE this, offset, length, list
                  

Performs the equivalent of a splice on the array. Returns a list of the original length elements at the specified offset. The arguments are:

offset

Optional. Defaults to 0; if negative, counts back from the end of the array.

length

Optional. Defaults to the rest of the array.

list

May be empty.