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copied!<p>Your options are near limitless (I've outlined five approaches here) but your strategy will be dictated by exactly what your specific needs and goals are. (all examples will convert @array to have no more than $N elements)</p> <hr> <p>[EDIT]</p> <p>As others have pointed out, the way suggested in the original question is actually not deprecated, and it provides the fastest, tersest, but not necessarily the most readable solution. <strong>It also has the side effect of expanding an array of fewer than $N elements with empty elements</strong>:</p> <pre><code>$#array = $N-1; </code></pre> <hr> <p>Least code: </p> <pre><code>#best for trimming down large arrays into small arrays @array = $array[0..($N-1)]; </code></pre> <p>Most efficient for trimming a small number off of a large array:</p> <pre><code>#This is a little less expensive and clearer splice(@array, $n, @#array); </code></pre> <p>Undesirable in almost all cases, unless you really love delete():</p> <pre><code>#this is the worst solution yet because it requires resizing after the delete while($N-1 < $#array) { delete(array[$i]); } </code></pre> <p>Useful if you need the remainder of the list in reverse order:</p> <pre><code>#this is better than deleting because there is no resize while($N-1 < $#array) { pop @array; #or, "push $array2, pop @array;" for the reverse order remainder } </code></pre> <p>Useful for saving time in long run:</p> <pre><code>#don't put more values into the array than you actually want </code></pre>

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