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autovivify

autovivify verb: in the Perl programming language, to create an array or hash automatically when a previously undefined value is dereferenced.

Verb

autovivify (third-person singular simple present autovivifies, present participle autovivifying, simple past and past participle autovivified)

  1. In the Perl programming language, to create an array or hash automatically when a previously undefined value is dereferenced.

Forms of autovivify

third-person singular presentautovivifies
present participleautovivifying
past participleautovivified
pastautovivified

Origin of autovivify

From auto- + vivify.

Questions about autovivify

What does autovivify mean?
Autovivify means in the Perl programming language, to create an array or hash automatically when a previously undefined value is dereferenced.
What part of speech is autovivify?
Autovivify is a verb.
What is the past tense of autovivify?
The past tense of autovivify is autovivified.

Words near autovivify in the dictionary

  1. autoverification
  2. autoverifications
  3. autovivification
  4. autovivified
  5. autovivifies
  6. autovivify
  7. autovivifying
  8. autovivisection
  9. AUTOVON
  10. autowalk
  11. autowalks

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