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Fit some more things into 80 columns in the Perl 6 doc

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Samantha McVey 2017-02-06 23:36:02 -08:00
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@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ my %hash = key1 => 'value1', key2 => 'value2'; # same result as above
# You can also use the "colon pair" syntax:
# (especially handy for named parameters that you'll see later)
my %hash = :w(1), # equivalent to `w => 1`
# this is useful for the `True` shortcut:
:truey, # equivalent to `:truey(True)`, or `truey => True`
# and for the `False` one:
my %hash = :w(1), # equivalent to `w => 1`
# this is useful for the `True` shortcut:
:truey, # equivalent to `:truey(True)`, or `truey => True`
# and for the `False` one:
:!falsey, # equivalent to `:falsey(False)`, or `falsey => False`
;
@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ hello-to; #=> Hello, World !
hello-to(); #=> Hello, World !
hello-to('You'); #=> Hello, You !
## You can also, by using a syntax akin to the one of hashes (yay unified syntax !),
## pass *named* arguments to a `sub`.
## You can also, by using a syntax akin to the one of hashes
## (yay unified syntax !), pass *named* arguments to a `sub`.
# They're optional, and will default to "Any".
sub with-named($normal-arg, :$named) {
say $normal-arg + $named;
@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ sub with-mandatory-named(:$str!) {
say "$str !";
}
with-mandatory-named(str => "My String"); #=> My String !
with-mandatory-named; # run time error: "Required named parameter not passed"
with-mandatory-named(3); # run time error: "Too many positional parameters passed"
with-mandatory-named; # run time error: "Required named parameter not passed"
with-mandatory-named(3);# run time error:"Too many positional parameters passed"
## If a sub takes a named boolean argument ...
sub takes-a-bool($name, :$bool) {
@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ my &s = &say-hello;
my &other-s = sub { say "Anonymous function !" }
# A sub can have a "slurpy" parameter, or "doesn't-matter-how-many"
sub as-many($head, *@rest) { # `*@` (slurpy) will basically "take everything else".
# Note: you can have parameters *before* (like here)
# a slurpy one, but not *after*.
sub as-many($head, *@rest) { #`*@` (slurpy) will "take everything else"
# Note: you can have parameters *before* a slurpy one (like here),
# but not *after*.
say @rest.join(' / ') ~ " !";
}
say as-many('Happy', 'Happy', 'Birthday'); #=> Happy / Birthday !
@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ say $x; #=> 52
# - `if`
# Before talking about `if`, we need to know which values are "Truthy"
# (represent True), and which are "Falsey" (or "Falsy") -- represent False.
# Only these values are Falsey: 0, (), {}, "", Nil, A type (like `Str` or `Int`),
# and of course False itself.
# (represent True), and which are "Falsey" (or "Falsy") -- represent False.
# Only these values are Falsey: 0, (), {}, "", Nil, A type (like `Str` or `Int`)
# and of course False itself.
# Every other value is Truthy.
if True {
say "It's true !";
@ -265,13 +265,14 @@ say $age > 18 ?? "You are an adult" !! "You are under 18";
given "foo bar" {
say $_; #=> foo bar
when /foo/ { # Don't worry about smart matching yet – just know `when` uses it.
when /foo/ { # Don't worry about smart matching yet – just know `when` uses it
# This is equivalent to `if $_ ~~ /foo/`.
say "Yay !";
}
when $_.chars > 50 { # smart matching anything with True (`$a ~~ True`) is True,
when $_.chars > 50 { # smart matching anything with True is True,
# i.e. (`$a ~~ True`)
# so you can also put "normal" conditionals.
# This when is equivalent to this `if`:
# This `when` is equivalent to this `if`:
# if $_ ~~ ($_.chars > 50) {...}
# Which means:
# if $_.chars > 50 {...}
@ -288,7 +289,8 @@ given "foo bar" {
# but can also be a C-style `for` loop:
loop {
say "This is an infinite loop !";
last; # last breaks out of the loop, like the `break` keyword in other languages
last; # last breaks out of the loop, like the `break` keyword in other
# languages
}
loop (my $i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) {