Garrett wrote:
> It almost feels like grep could have been written like this (in
> another life): @a = grep (@b) { $_ > 2 or last }
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/TPC/2000/Romana/perligata.html
;-)
> While I'm at it, I'm curious as to why:
>
> $a = 2;
> @b = (1, 2, 3, 2, 1));
> @a = grep({ { $_ > $a and last} } @b);
>
> results in an exception?
You mean, apart from the two syntax errors? ;-)
It's because the DWIMmer interprets the block:
{ { $_ > $a and last} }
as an anonymous block (the outer braces) containing an anonymous hash
constructor (the inner braces). Try this instead:
{ for(1){ $_ > $a and last} }
Damian
