setting range of indices in an array with a constant value

[zcabeli]

Hi

i'd like to set a range of indices in a list with one constant value.
for example

if list = [ 1 2 3 4 5 6]

then
list(1..4,6) = 9
will change 'list' as so it now equals = [ 9 9 9 9 5 9]

i tried $list(1..4) = 9 but it only set the first index cell


how this action can be done ?
thanks,

[nithinpes]

Hi

i'd like to set a range of indices in a list with one constant value.
for example

if list = [ 1 2 3 4 5 6]

then
list(1..4,6) = 9
will change 'list' as so it now equals = [ 9 9 9 9 5 9]

i tried $list(1..4) = 9 but it only set the first index cell


how this action can be done ?
thanks,

This is one way of doing it:
[CODE=perl]
use Data::Dumper;
@list=(1,2,3,4, 5,6);
foreach my $el ((1..4,6)) {
#find the index of the element to br replaced
my ($index) = grep ($list[$_] eq $el , 0 .. $#list);
splice(@list,$i ndex,1,9); #replace one element at that position with 9
}
print Dumper @list;
[/CODE]