Perl/Basics/Variables and Data Types/Helper Functions/Pop

The pop() function is similar to the pop instruction in assembly and treats the array like a stack.

my @array; $array[$#array] = 1; $popped = pop(@array);

The same affect can be acheived with:

$popped = $array[$#array--];

Warning: Executing pop() on an array will delete the highest order array element.