La función scalar fuerza un contexto escalar:
DB<1> @a = 0..9 DB<2> p "@a\n" 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DB<3> p "\@a = ",@a,"\n" @a = 0123456789 DB<4> p "\@a = ",scalar @a,"\n" @a = 10