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Capturing captures, and numbering them
also, multi-indexing in arrays also, labeled loops (draft) also, arrays vs $() vs parcel vs ... (@moritz++)
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@ -46,18 +46,36 @@ my $inverse = !$bool; # You can invert a bool with the prefix `!` operator
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my $forced-bool = so $str; # And you can use the prefix `so` operator
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# which turns its operand into a Bool
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## * Arrays. They represent multiple values. Their name start with `@`.
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## * Lists. They represent multiple values. Their name start with `@`.
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my @array = 1, 2, 3;
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my @array = 'a', 'b', 'c';
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# equivalent to :
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my @array = <a b c>; # array of words, delimited by space.
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my @letters = <a b c>; # array of words, delimited by space.
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# Similar to perl5's qw, or Ruby's %w.
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my @array = 1, 2, 3;
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say @array[2]; # Array indices start at 0 -- This is the third element
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say "Interpolate an array using [] : @array[]";
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#=> Interpolate an array using [] : a b c
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#=> Interpolate an array using [] : 1 2 3
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@array[0] = -1; # Assign a new value to an array index
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@array[0, 1] = 5, 6; # Assign multiple values
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my @keys = 0, 2;
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@array[@keys] = @letters; # Assign using an array
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say @array; #=> a 2 b
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# There are two more kinds of lists: Parcel and Arrays.
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# Parcels are immutable lists (you can't modify a list that's not assigned).
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# This is a parcel:
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(1, 2, 3); # Not assigned to anything. Changing an element would provoke an error
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# This is a list:
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my @a = (1, 2, 3); # Assigned to `@a`. Changing elements is okay!
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# Lists flatten (in list context). You'll see below how to apply item context
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# or use arrays to have real nested lists.
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## * Hashes. Key-Value Pairs.
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# Hashes are actually arrays of Pairs (`Key => Value`),
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@ -303,6 +321,37 @@ if long-computation() -> $result {
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say "The result is $result";
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}
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## Loops can also have a label, and be jumped to through these.
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OUTER: while 1 {
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say "hey";
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while 1 {
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OUTER.last; # All the control keywords must be called on the label itself
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}
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}
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# Now that you've seen how to traverse a list, you need to be aware of something:
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# List context (@) flattens. If you traverse nested lists, you'll actually be traversing a
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# shallow list (except if some sub-list were put in item context ($)).
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for 1, 2, (3, (4, ((5)))) {
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say "Got $_.";
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} #=> Got 1. Got 2. Got 3. Got 4. Got 5.
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# ... However: (forcing item context with `$`)
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for 1, 2, $(3, 4) {
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say "Got $_.";
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} #=> Got 1. Got 2. Got 3 4.
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# Note that the last one actually joined 3 and 4.
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# While `$(...)` will apply item to context to just about anything, you can also create
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# an array using `[]`:
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for [1, 2, 3, 4] {
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say "Got $_.";
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} #=> Got 1 2 3 4.
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# The other difference between `$()` and `[]` is that `[]` always returns a mutable Array
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# whereas `$()` will return a Parcel when given a Parcel.
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### Operators
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## Since Perl languages are very much operator-based languages
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@ -359,9 +408,9 @@ $arg ~~ &bool-returning-function; # `True` if the function, passed `$arg`
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# This also works as a shortcut for `0..^N`:
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^10; # means 0..^10
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# This also allows us to demonstrate that Perl 6 has lazy arrays,
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# This also allows us to demonstrate that Perl 6 has lazy/infinite arrays,
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# using the Whatever Star:
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my @array = 1..*; # 1 to Infinite !
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my @array = 1..*; # 1 to Infinite ! `1..Inf` is the same.
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say @array[^10]; # you can pass arrays as subscripts and it'll return
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# an array of results. This will print
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# "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" (and not run out of memory !)
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@ -372,6 +421,13 @@ say @array[^10]; # you can pass arrays as subscripts and it'll return
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# Perl 6 will be forced to try and evaluate the whole array (to print it),
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# so you'll end with an infinite loop.
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# You can use that in most places you'd expect, even assigning to an array
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my @numbers = ^20;
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@numbers[5..*] = 3, 9 ... * > 90; # The right hand side could be infinite as well.
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# (but not both, as this would be an infinite loop)
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say @numbers; #=> 3 9 15 21 27 [...] 81 87
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## * And, Or
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3 && 4; # 4, which is Truthy. Calls `.Bool` on `4` and gets `True`.
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0 || False; # False. Calls `.Bool` on `0`
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@ -1325,7 +1381,7 @@ say $0; # The same as above.
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# You might be wondering why it's an array, and the answer is simple:
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# Some capture (indexed using `$0`, `$/[0]` or a named one) will be an array
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# IFF it can have more than one element
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# (so, with `*`, `+` and any `**`, but not with `?`).
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# (so, with `*`, `+` and `**` (whatever the operands), but not with `?`).
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# Let's use examples to see that:
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so 'fooABCbar' ~~ / foo ( A B C )? bar /; # `True`
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say $/[0]; #=> 「ABC」
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# A specific quantifier will always capture an Array,
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# may it be a range or a specific value (even 1).
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# If you're wondering how the captures are numbered, here's an explanation:
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# (TODO use graphs from s05)
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# The captures are indexed per nesting. This means a group in a group will be nested
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# under its parent group: `$/[0][0]`, for this code:
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'hello-~-world' ~~ / ( 'hello' ( <[ \- \~ ]> + ) ) 'world' /;
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say $/[0].Str; #=> hello~
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say $/[0][0].Str; #=> ~
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# This stems from a very simple fact: `$/` does not contain strings, integers or arrays,
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# it only contains match objects. These contain the `.list`, `.hash` and `.Str` methods.
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# (but you can also just use `match<key>` for hash access and `match[idx]` for array access)
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say $/[0].list.perl; #=> (Match.new(...),).list
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# We can see it's a list of Match objects. Those contain a bunch of infos:
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# where the match started/ended, the "ast" (see actions later), etc.
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# You'll see named capture below with grammars.
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## Alternatives - the `or` of regexps
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# WARNING: They are DIFFERENT from PCRE regexps.
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so 'abc' ~~ / a [ b | y ] c /; # `True`. Either "b" or "y".
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so 'ayc' ~~ / a [ b | y ] c /; # `True`. Obviously enough ...
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# The difference between this `|` and the one you're probably used to is LTM.
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# The difference between this `|` and the one you're used to is LTM.
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# LTM means "Longest Token Matching". This means that the engine will always
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# try to match as much as possible in the strng
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'foo' ~~ / fo | foo /; # `foo`, because it's longer.
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