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Idiom #260 Create an empty list of strings

Declare a new list items of string elements, containing zero elements

my @items;
# or
my @items = ();

In Perl this is as close as you are going to get. "A list is a fixed collection of scalars. An array is a variable that holds a variable collection of scalars."
(def items '())
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my @items;
# or
my @items = ();
(def items '())
std::vector<std::string> items;
var items = new List<string>();
var items = Enumerable.Empty<string>();
List<String> items = [];
var items = <String>[];
character(len=:), allocatable, dimension(:) :: items
allocate (items(0),source="")

var items []string
var :: [String]
var = []
let items = [];
List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
items := TStringList.Create;
items = []
items = []
let items: Vec<String> = vec![];