On Thu, 27 Aug 2020, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: > To pick out particular lines: > $ cat Lines.txt | raku -e '.say for lines()[3,2,5]' > Line 3 > Line 2 > Line 5 > > If it is, it is buried somewhere. > > And what goes inside the ()? That may seem like a dumb > remark (especially since I live and die in Top Down and > know very well what the () does) but it is a common mistake > I make with lines is forgetting the () when using the []. >
How does that mistake manifest? I cannot see a way in which omitting the sub call parentheses in code like that could possibly lead to some different behavior. -- "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk
