On 05/15/2018 04:34 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
On 05/15/2018 03:49 PM, Larry Wall wrote:
On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 03:31:07PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote:
: Hi All,
:
: This seems like a trivial question, but I really adore
: the "for" loops. Is there a way to do the backwards?
: In other words, start at the end of the array and loop
: to the beginning? Does the "next" and "last" work in
: this?
Just use the reverse method:
> my @foo = <a b c>;
[a b c]
> for @foo.reverse { .say }
c
b
a
or (as in Perl 5) the reverse function:
> for reverse @foo { .say }
c
b
a
and yes, "next" and "last" work for those loops too, since they are
controlled by the "for", not by the expression you feed to the "for".
Larry
Hi Larry,
Awesome. I just copied your response down into my "loops"
keeper file.
I use loops and loops with split "a lot".
Thank you!
-T
It is annoying when I read something back from Linux
and they use a <nil> at the start and stop of a
string (the Secondary Clipboard for instance).
But I just use `if not $line {next}` to jump over it.
-T
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