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Typical uses of `$#array`

Getting the length of the array:

        $n_elements = $#array;

Of course, this is actually wrong; it should have been:

        $n_elements = $#array + 1;

But better is:

        $n_elements = @array;

Often you can dispense with $n_elements entirely
Instead of this:

        $n_elements = $#array;
        if ($n_elements < 3) { ... }

Just use:

        if (@array < 4) { ... }

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