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1 files changed, 52 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/perl6.html.markdown b/perl6.html.markdown index ad68ccb3..0e6b55fc 100644 --- a/perl6.html.markdown +++ b/perl6.html.markdown @@ -226,6 +226,58 @@ sub mod() is rw { $x } mod() = 52; # in this case, the parentheses are mandatory say $x; #=> 52 +# The last expression of a sub is returned automatically (though you may use the `return` keyword, of course): +sub next-index($n) { + $n + 1; +} +my $new-n = next-index(3); # $new-n is now 4 +# This is true for everything, except for the looping constructs (due to performance reasons): +# there's no purpose in building a list if we're just going to discard all the results. +# If you still want to build one, you can use the `do` prefix: (or the `gather` prefix, which we'll see later) +sub list-of($n) { + do for ^$n { # note the use of the range-to prefix operator `^` (`0..^N`) + $_ # current loop iteration + } +} +my @list3 = list-of(3); #=> (0, 1, 2) + +# We can, for example, add 3 to each value of an array using map : +my @arrayplus3 = map({ $_ + 3 }, @array); # $_ is the implicit argument (the same as for `given` and `for`) + +# a sub (`sub {}`) has different semantics than a block (`{}` or `-> {}`) : +# a block doesn't have a function context (though it can have arguments), which means that if you +# return from it, you're going to return from the parent function, compare: +sub is-in(@array, $elem) { + # this will `return` out of `is-in` sub + # once the condition evaluated to True, the loop won't be run anymore + map({ return True if $_ == $elem }, @array); +} +sub truthy-array(@array) { + # this will produce an array of `True` and `False` : + # (you can also say `anon sub` for "anonymous subroutine") + map(sub { if $_ { return True } else { return False } }, @array); # returns the correct value, even in a `if` +} + +# `-> {}` and `{}` 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 compiler + +# You can also use the "whatever star" to create an anonymous function +# (it'll stop at the furthest operator in the current expression) +my @arrayplus3 = map(*+3, @array); # `*+3` is the same as `{ $_ + 3 }` +my @arrayplus3 = map(*+*+3, @array); # also works. Same as `-> $a, $b { $a + $b + 3 }` +say (*/2)(4); #=> 2 + # Immediatly execute the function Whatever created. +say ((*+3)/5)(5); #=> 1.6 + # works even in parens ! + +# but if you need to have more than one argument (`$_`) in a block (without wanting to resort to `-> {}`), +# you can also use the implicit argument syntax, `$^` : +map({ $^a + $^b + 3 }, @array); # same as the above + +# Note : those are sorted lexicographically. `{ $^b / $^a }` is like `-> $a, b { $ b / $a }` + + + ### Control Flow Structures # You don't need to put parenthesis around the condition, but that also means you always have to use brackets (`{ }`) for their body : @@ -428,54 +480,6 @@ multi with-or-without-you { # (commented because running this would probably lead to some surprising side-effects !) -# ---- -# The last expression of a sub is returned automatically (though you may use the `return` keyword, of course): -sub next-index($n) { - $n + 1; -} -my $new-n = next-index(3); # $new-n is now 4 -# This is true for everything, except for the looping constructs (due to performance reasons): -# there's no purpose in building a list if we're just going to discard all the results. -# If you still want to build one, you can use the `do` prefix: (or the `gather` prefix, which we'll see later) -sub list-of($n) { - do for ^$n { # note the use of the range-to prefix operator `^` (`0..^N`) - $_ # current loop iteration - } -} -my @list3 = list-of(3); #=> (0, 1, 2) - -# We can, for example, add 3 to each value of an array using map : -my @arrayplus3 = map({ $_ + 3 }, @array); # $_ is the implicit argument (the same as for `given` and `for`) - -# a sub (`sub {}`) has different semantics than a block (`{}` or `-> {}`) : -# a block doesn't have a function context (though it can have arguments), which means that if you -# return from it, you're going to return from the parent function, compare: -sub is-in(@array, $elem) { - # this will `return` out of `is-in` sub - # once the condition evaluated to True, the loop won't be run anymore - map({ return True if $_ == $elem }, @array); -} -sub truthy-array(@array) { - # this will produce an array of `True` and `False` : - # (you can also say `anon sub` for "anonymous subroutine") - map(sub { if $_ { return True } else { return False } }, @array); # returns the correct value, even in a `if` -} - -# `-> {}` and `{}` 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 compiler - -# You can also use the "whatever star" to create an anonymous function -# (it'll stop at the furthest operator in the current expression) -my @arrayplus3 = map(*+3, @array); # `*+3` is the same as `{ $_ + 3 }` -my @arrayplus3 = map(*+*+3, @array); # also works. Same as `-> $a, $b { $a + $b + 3 }` -say ((*+3)/5)(5); # immediatly execute the function Whatever created -- works even in parens ! - -# but if you need to have more than one argument (`$_`) in a block (without wanting to resort to `-> {}`), -# you can also use the implicit argument syntax, `$^` : -map({ $^a + $^b + 3 }, @array); # same as the above - -# Note : those are sorted lexicographically. `{ $^b / $^a }` is like `-> $a, b { $ b / $a }` - ### Scoping # In Perl 6, contrarily to many scripting languages (Python, Ruby, PHP, for example), # you are to declare your variables before using them. You already saw it, with `my`. |