I was going to submit this as a Rakudo bug report, but I'm not sure
it's (a natural consequence of) spec, so I'll ask here on p6l instead.
I already know I can do all of the following:
$a[42];
$a.postcircumfix:[ ](42);
$a = $a.postcircumfix:[ ](42);
$a.=postcircumfix:[ ](42);
But can I do
How is character counting done in Perl 6?
In Perl 5, it is `scalar tr/CG//` if I want to count the number of Cs
plus the number of Gs in a string.
S05 describes tr/// in terms of the .trans function, a handsome but
very different beast. Specifically, it doesn't seem to have a scalar
context,
What does trans return in numeric (+) context?
On Wednesday, January 27, 2010, Carl Mäsak cma...@gmail.com wrote:
How is character counting done in Perl 6?
In Perl 5, it is `scalar tr/CG//` if I want to count the number of Cs
plus the number of Gs in a string.
S05 describes tr/// in terms
Mark (), Carl ():
S05 describes tr/// in terms of the .trans function, a handsome but
very different beast. Specifically, it doesn't seem to have a scalar
context, with which one could count things.
What does trans return in numeric (+) context?
As spec'd, it returns the numification of the
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Carl Mäsak cma...@gmail.com wrote:
Mark (), Carl ():
S05 describes tr/// in terms of the .trans function, a handsome but
very different beast. Specifically, it doesn't seem to have a scalar
context, with which one could count things.
What does trans return in
Hm, lost p6l along the way. Forwarding.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Carl Mäsak cma...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: Counting characters
To: Moritz Lenz mor...@faui2k3.org
Moritz (), Carl ():
How is character counting done in Perl 6?
In Perl 5, it
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 01:24:48PM +, Matthew Walton wrote:
: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Carl Mäsak cma...@gmail.com wrote:
: Mark (), Carl ():
: S05 describes tr/// in terms of the .trans function, a handsome but
: very different beast. Specifically, it doesn't seem to have a scalar
