On Wed, 31 Aug 2022, 00:59 ToddAndMargo via perl6-users, <
perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> On 8/30/22 13:34, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
> > Hi Todd,
> >
>
> > Since you continue for ever to complain about 'compile' time issues,
>
> "Stage parce" is specifically what I am whining about
>
> > rather
On 9/1/22 00:45, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
Work with Raku rather than expect it to be the same as Perl.
Oh I intent too! I program in Top Down. Perl 5's
subroutines are a nightmare. I ADORE Perl 6's subroutines.
By saying above / below, this indicates a linear view of
code at the same
On 9/1/22 00:45, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
Raku and Perl are two different languages in the same family. They
evolved with different targets, perl to react quickly to internet
requests, Raku to be a better programming language. This may not be the
take the actual developers have, but it's what
Hi All,
Is there a cleaner way to do this?
$ raku -e 'print( (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ) ~ "\n";)'
ande
I want to print the first four letter s to STDOUT.
-T
ToddAndMargo via perl6-users @ 2022-09-01 19:37 -07:
> Is there a cleaner way to do this?
>
> $ raku -e 'print( (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ) ~ "\n";)'
> ande
>
> I want to print the first four letter s to STDOUT.
You can use substr,
| put "andefghi".substr(0, 4)
ande
On Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 12:37, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> Is there a cleaner way to do this?
>
> $ raku -e 'print( (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ) ~ "\n";)'
> ande
>
> I want to print the first four letter s to STDOUT.
>
$ raku -e 'printf
Hi Todd,
~$ raku -e '(sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ).put;'
ande
~$ raku -e 'put (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" );'
ande
If sprintf isn't a requirement, then:
~$ raku -e 'put substr("andefghi", 0..3);'
ande
HTH, Bill.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 7:37 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
ToddAndMargo via perl6-users @ 2022-09-01 10:30 -07:
> On 9/1/22 00:45, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
>> Treat the regexes as data for a program. Compile the program once.
>> Run the regexes as often as you need.
>
> Please elucidate. That could save me boat loads
> of time.
You could take the