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authorsumanstats <suman81765@gmail.com>2020-06-10 16:33:01 +0545
committersumanstats <suman81765@gmail.com>2020-06-10 16:33:01 +0545
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Perl6 to Raku and many more
+ As the Perl 6 is renamed to raku, it is good to reflect that https://github.com/Raku/problem-solving/blob/master/solutions/language/Path-to-Raku.md + perl6.org is now raku.org + change references of perl 6 to raku + rename file perl6-pod.html.markdown to raku-pod.html.markdown + Perl refers to Perl 5, there is no ambiguity after rename of Perl6 to Raku, use Perl only to refer to Perl 5 + fix links inside raku.html.markdown
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Meta-note:
* `#=>` represents the value of an expression, return value of a sub, etc.
In some cases, the value is accompanied by a comment.
* Backticks are used to distinguish and highlight the language constructs
- from the text.
+ from the text.
```perl6
####################################################
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ my @array = 'a', 'b', 'c';
# equivalent to:
my @letters = <a b c>;
# In the previous statement, we use the quote-words (`<>`) term for array
-# of words, delimited by space. Similar to perl5's qw, or Ruby's %w.
+# of words, delimited by space. Similar to perl's qw, or Ruby's %w.
@array = 1, 2, 4;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ though.
=end comment
say %hash{'n'}; # OUTPUT: «2␤», gets value associated to key 'n'
say %hash<is-even>; # OUTPUT: «True␤», gets value associated to key 'is-even'
-
+
####################################################
# 2. Subroutines
####################################################
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ takes-a-bool('config', :!bool); # OUTPUT: «config takes False␤»
=begin comment
Since parenthesis can be omitted when calling a subroutine, you need to use
-`&` in order to distinguish between a call to a sub with no arguments and
-the code object.
+`&` in order to distinguish between a call to a sub with no arguments and
+the code object.
For instance, in this example we must use `&` to store the sub `say-hello`
(i.e., the sub's code object) in a variable, not a subroutine call.
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ my &s = &say-hello;
my &other-s = sub { say "Anonymous function!" }
=begin comment
-A sub can have a "slurpy" parameter, or what one'd call a
+A sub can have a "slurpy" parameter, or what one'd call a
"doesn't-matter-how-many" parameter. This is Raku's way of supporting variadic
functions. For this, you must use `*@` (slurpy) which will "take everything
else". You can have as many parameters *before* a slurpy one, but not *after*.
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ arguments (or Iterable ones).
=end comment
sub b(**@arr) { @arr.perl.say };
b(['a', 'b', 'c']); # OUTPUT: «[["a", "b", "c"],]»
-b(1, $('d', 'e', 'f'), [2, 3]); # OUTPUT: «[1, ("d", "e", "f"), [2, 3]]»
+b(1, $('d', 'e', 'f'), [2, 3]); # OUTPUT: «[1, ("d", "e", "f"), [2, 3]]»
b(1, [1, 2], ([3, 4], 5)); # OUTPUT: «[1, [1, 2], ([3, 4], 5)]␤»
=begin comment
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ given "foo bar" {
# can also be a C-style `for` loop:
loop {
say "This is an infinite loop !";
- last;
+ last;
}
# In the previous example, `last` breaks out of the loop very much
# like the `break` keyword in other languages.
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ say 'a' le 'b'; # OUTPUT: «True␤»
# 5.2 Range constructor
#
-say 3 .. 7; # OUTPUT: «3..7␤», both included.
+say 3 .. 7; # OUTPUT: «3..7␤», both included.
say 3 ..^ 7; # OUTPUT: «3..^7␤», exclude right endpoint.
say 3 ^.. 7; # OUTPUT: «3^..7␤», exclude left endpoint.
say 3 ^..^ 7; # OUTPUT: «3^..^7␤», exclude both endpoints.
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ say 3.5 ~~ 3 ^.. 7; # OUTPUT: «True␤»,
# This is because the range `3 ^.. 7` only excludes anything strictly
# equal to 3. Hence, it contains decimals greater than 3. This could
-# mathematically be described as 3.5 ∈ (3,7] or in set notation,
+# mathematically be described as 3.5 ∈ (3,7] or in set notation,
# 3.5 ∈ { x | 3 < x ≤ 7 }.
say 3 ^.. 7 ~~ 4 .. 7; # OUTPUT: «False␤»
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ fst(1); # OUTPUT: «1␤»
=begin comment
You can also destructure hashes (and classes, which you'll learn about later).
-The syntax is basically the same as
+The syntax is basically the same as
`%hash-name (:key($variable-to-store-value-in))`.
The hash can stay anonymous if you only need the values you extracted.
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ my @list3 = list-of(3); #=> (0, 1, 2)
# 6.2 Lambdas (or anonymous subroutines)
#
-# You can create a lambda by using a pointy block (`-> {}`), a
+# You can create a lambda by using a pointy block (`-> {}`), a
# block (`{}`) or creating a `sub` without a name.
my &lambda1 = -> $argument {
@@ -858,9 +858,9 @@ my &lambda3 = sub ($argument) {
}
=begin comment
-Both pointy blocks and blocks are pretty much the same thing, except that
+Both pointy blocks and blocks are pretty much the same thing, except that
the former can take arguments, and that the latter can be mistaken as
-a hash by the parser. That being said, blocks can declare what's known
+a hash by the parser. That being said, blocks can declare what's known
as placeholders parameters through the twigils `$^` (for positional
parameters) and `$:` (for named parameters). More on them later on.
=end comment
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ my &mult = { $^numbers * $:times }
say mult 4, :times(6); #=> «24␤»
# Both pointy blocks and blocks are quite versatile when working with functions
-# that accepts other functions such as `map`, `grep`, etc. For example,
+# that accepts other functions such as `map`, `grep`, etc. For example,
# we add 3 to each value of an array using the `map` function with a lambda:
my @nums = 1..4;
my @res1 = map -> $v { $v + 3 }, @nums; # pointy block, explicit parameter
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ sub call_say_dyn {
# $*dyn_scoped 1 and 2 will be looked for in the call.
say_dyn(); # OUTPUT: «25 100␤»
-
+
# The call to `say_dyn` uses the value of $*dyn_scoped_1 from inside
# this sub's lexical scope even though the blocks aren't nested (they're
# call-nested).
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ class Human {
};
# Create a new instance of Human class.
-# NOTE: Only attributes declared with the `.` twigil can be set via the
+# NOTE: Only attributes declared with the `.` twigil can be set via the
# default constructor (more later on). This constructor only accepts named
# arguments.
my $person1 = Human.new(
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ method on the `$_` variable to access the exception
open 'foo' orelse say "Something happened {.exception}";
# This also works:
-open 'foo' orelse say "Something happened $_";
+open 'foo' orelse say "Something happened $_";
# OUTPUT: «Something happened Failed to open file foo: no such file or directory␤»
=begin comment
@@ -1431,15 +1431,15 @@ use JSON::Tiny; # if you installed Rakudo* or Panda, you'll have this module
say from-json('[1]').perl; # OUTPUT: «[1]␤»
=begin comment
-You should not declare packages using the `package` keyword (unlike Perl 5).
+You should not declare packages using the `package` keyword (unlike Perl).
Instead, use `class Package::Name::Here;` to declare a class, or if you only
want to export variables/subs, you can use `module` instead.
=end comment
# If `Hello` doesn't exist yet, it'll just be a "stub", that can be redeclared
-# as something else later.
+# as something else later.
module Hello::World { # bracketed form
- # declarations here
+ # declarations here
}
# The file-scoped form which extends until the end of the file. For
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ fixed-rand for ^10; # will print the same number 10 times
for ^5 -> $a {
sub foo {
# This will be a different value for every value of `$a`
- state $val = rand;
+ state $val = rand;
}
for ^5 -> $b {
# This will print the same value 5 times, but only 5. Next iteration
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ for ^5 {
#
# 14.6 Role/class phasers
#
-COMPOSE {
+COMPOSE {
say "When a role is composed into a class. /!\ NOT YET IMPLEMENTED"
}
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ braces `{` and `}`.
=end comment
#
-# 15.1 `do` - It runs a block or a statement as a term.
+# 15.1 `do` - It runs a block or a statement as a term.
#
# Normally you cannot use a statement as a value (or "term"). `do` helps
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ sub postfix:<!>( Int $n ) {
}
say 5!; # OUTPUT: «120␤»
-# Postfix operators ('after') have to come *directly* after the term.
+# Postfix operators ('after') have to come *directly* after the term.
# No whitespace. You can use parentheses to disambiguate, i.e. `(5!)!`
sub infix:<times>( Int $n, Block $r ) { # infix ('between')
@@ -1898,7 +1898,7 @@ say [+] (); # OUTPUT: «0␤», empty sum
say [//]; # OUTPUT: «(Any)␤»
# There's no "default value" for `//`.
-# You can also use it with a function you made up,
+# You can also use it with a function you made up,
# You can also surround using double brackets:
sub add($a, $b) { $a + $b }
say [[&add]] 1, 2, 3; # OUTPUT: «6␤»
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ say so 'fooABCABCbar' ~~ / foo ( 'A' <[A..Z]> 'C' ) + bar /; # OUTPUT: «True␤
say $/; # Will either print the matched object or `Nil` if nothing matched.
# As we also said before, it has array indexing:
-say $/[0]; # OUTPUT: «「ABC」 「ABC」␤»,
+say $/[0]; # OUTPUT: «「ABC」 「ABC」␤»,
# The corner brackets (「..」) represent (and are) `Match` objects. In the
# previous example, we have an array of them.
@@ -2268,7 +2268,7 @@ while its absence falseness). For example:
# convert to IO object to check the file exists
subset File of Str where *.IO.d;
-
+
multi MAIN('add', $key, $value, Bool :$replace) { ... }
multi MAIN('remove', $key) { ... }
multi MAIN('import', File, Str :$as) { ... } # omitting parameter name
@@ -2358,7 +2358,7 @@ side, once its left side changed:
# In this case the right-hand-side wasn't tested until `$_` became "C"
# (and thus did not match instantly).
-.say if 'B' fff 'B' for <A B C B A>; #=> «B C B␤»,
+.say if 'B' fff 'B' for <A B C B A>; #=> «B C B␤»,
# A flip-flop can change state as many times as needed:
for <test start print it stop not printing start print again stop not anymore> {
@@ -2397,16 +2397,15 @@ is a great source of Raku snippets and explanations. If the docs don't
describe something well enough, you may find more detailed information here.
This information may be a bit older but there are many great examples and
explanations. Posts stopped at the end of 2015 when the language was declared
-stable and Raku 6.c was released.
+stable and `Raku v6.c` was released.
-- Come along on `#raku` at `irc.freenode.net`. The folks here are
+- Come along on `#raku` at [`irc.freenode.net`](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#raku). The folks here are
always helpful.
- Check the [source of Raku's functions and
-classes](https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/tree/nom/src/core). Rakudo is
+classes](https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/tree/master/src/core.c). Rakudo is
mainly written in Raku (with a lot of NQP, "Not Quite Perl", a Raku subset
easier to implement and optimize).
- Read [the language design documents](https://design.raku.org/). They explain
Raku from an implementor point-of-view, but it's still very interesting.
-