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=begin pod :kind("Type") :subkind("class") :category("composite")
=TITLE class List
=SUBTITLE Sequence of values
=for code
my class List does Iterable does Positional { }
C<List> stores items sequentially and potentially lazily.
Indexes into lists and arrays start at 0 by default.
You can assign to list elements if they are containers. Use
Arrays to have every value of the list stored in a container.
C<List> implements C<Positional> and as such provides support for
L<subscripts|/language/subscripts>.
=head1 Immutability
Lists are immutable objects, i.e., neither the number of elements in a list
nor the elements themselves can be changed. Thus, it is not possible to use
operations that change the list structure itself such as L<shift|/routine/shift>,
L<unshift|/routine/unshift>, L<push|/routine/push>, L<pop|/routine/pop>,
L<splice|/routine/splice>
and L<binding|/language/operators#index-entry-Binding_operator>.
=begin code
(1, 2, 3).shift; # Error Cannot call 'shift' on an immutable 'List'
(1, 2, 3).unshift(0); # Error Cannot call 'unshift' on an immutable 'List'
(1, 2, 3).push(4); # Error Cannot call 'push' on an immutable 'List'
(1, 2, 3).pop; # Error Cannot call 'pop' on an immutable 'List'
(1, 2, 3)[0]:delete; # Error Cannot remove elements from a List
(1, 2, 3)[0] := 0; # Error Cannot use bind operator with this left-hand side
(1, 2, 3)[0] = 0; # Error Cannot modify an immutable Int
=end code
A C«List» doesn't L«containerize|/language/containers» its elements, but if
any element happens to be inside a L«Scalar|/type/Scalar» container then
the element's contents can be replaced via an assignment.
=begin code
my $a = 'z';
my $list = ($a, $, 'b');
say $list[0].VAR.^name; # OUTPUT: «Scalar», containerized
say $list[1].VAR.^name; # OUTPUT: «Scalar», containerized
say $list[2].VAR.^name; # OUTPUT: «Str», non-containerized
$list[0] = 'a'; # OK!
$list[1] = 'c'; # OK!
$list[2] = 'd'; # Error: Cannot modify an immutable List
=end code
=head1 Items, flattening and sigils
In Raku, assigning a C<List> to a scalar variable does not lose information.
The difference is that iteration generally treats a list (or any other list-like
object, like a L<Seq|/type/Seq> or an L<Array|/type/Array>) inside a scalar as a
single element.
my $s = (1, 2, 3);
for $s { } # one iteration
for $s.list { } # three iterations
my $t = [1, 2, 3];
for $t { } # one iteration
for $t.list { } # three iterations
my @a = 1, 2, 3;
for @a { } # three iterations
for @a.item { } # one iteration
This operation is called I<itemization> or I<putting in an item context>.
C<.item> does the job for objects, as well as C<$( ... )> and, on array
variables, C<$@a>.
Lists generally don't interpolate (flatten) into other lists, except
when they are in list context and the single argument to an
operation such as C<append>:
my $a = (1, 2, 3);
my $nested = ($a, $a); # two elements
my $flat = $nested.map({ .Slip }); # six elements, with explicit Slip
my @b = <a b>;
@b.append: $a.list; # The array variable @b has 5 elements, because
# the list $a is the sole argument to append
say @b.elems; # OUTPUT: «5»
my @c = <a b>;
@c.append: $a.list, 7; # The array variable @c has 4 elements, because
# the list $a wasn't the only argument and thus
# wasn't flatten by the append operation
say @c.elems; # OUTPUT: «4»
my @d = <a b>;
@d.append: $a; # The array variable @d has 3 elements, because
# $a is in an item context and as far as append is
# concerned a single element
say @d.elems; # OUTPUT: «3»
The same flattening behavior applies all objects that do the
L<Iterable|/type/Iterable> role, notably L<hashes|/type/Hash>:
my %h = a => 1, b => 2;
my @b = %h; say @b.elems; # OUTPUT: «2»
my @c = %h, ; say @c.elems; # OUTPUT: «1»
my @d = $%h; say @d.elems; # OUTPUT: «1»
Slurpy parameters (C<*@a>) flatten non-itemized sublists:
sub fe(*@flat) { @flat.elems }
say fe(<a b>, <d e>); # OUTPUT: «4»
say fe(<a b>, <d e>.item); # OUTPUT: «3»
X<|Syntax,() (empty list)>
The empty list is created with C<()>. Smartmatching against the empty
list will check for the absence of elements.
my @a;
for @a, @a.list, @a.Seq -> \listoid {
say listoid ~~ ()
}
# OUTPUT: «TrueTrueTrue»
Retrieving values from an empty list will always return C<Nil>:
say ()[33.rand]; # OUTPUT: «Nil»
Coercion to C<Bool> also indicates if the C<List> got any elements.
my @a;
say [@a.elems, @a.Bool, ?@a]; # OUTPUT: «[0 False False]»
@a.push: 42;
say [@a.elems, @a.Bool, ?@a]; # OUTPUT: «[1 True True]»
say 'empty' unless @a; # no output
=head1 Methods
=head2 method ACCEPTS
multi method ACCEPTS(List:D: $topic)
If C<$topic> is an L<Iterable|/type/Iterable>, returns C<True> or C<False> based
on whether the contents of the two C<Iterables> match. A
L<Whatever|/type/Whatever> element in the invocant matches anything in the
corresponding position of the C<$topic> C<Iterable>. A
L<HyperWhatever|/type/HyperWhatever> matches any number of any elements,
including no elements:
say (1, 2, 3) ~~ (1, *, 3); # OUTPUT: «True»
say (1, 2, 3) ~~ (9, *, 5); # OUTPUT: «False»
say (1, 2, 3) ~~ ( **, 3); # OUTPUT: «True»
say (1, 2, 3) ~~ ( **, 5); # OUTPUT: «False»
say (1, 3) ~~ (1, **, 3); # OUTPUT: «True»
say (1, 2, 4, 5, 3) ~~ (1, **, 3); # OUTPUT: «True»
say (1, 2, 4, 5, 6) ~~ (1, **, 5); # OUTPUT: «False»
say (1, 2, 4, 5, 6) ~~ ( ** ); # OUTPUT: «True»
say () ~~ ( ** ); # OUTPUT: «True»
In addition, returns C<False> if either the invocant or C<$topic>
L<is a lazy|/routine/is-lazy> C<Iterable>, unless C<$topic> is the same object
as the invocant, in which case C<True> is returned.
If C<$topic> is I<not> an L<Iterable|/type/Iterable>, returns the invocant if
the invocant has no elements or its first element is a L<Match|/type/Match>
object (this behavior powers C<m:g//> smartmatch), or C<False> otherwise.
=head2 routine list
multi sub list(+list)
multi method list(List:D:)
The method just returns the invocant L<self|/routine/self>. The subroutine
adheres to the L<single argument rule|/language/functions#Slurpy_conventions>:
if called with a single argument that is a non-L<itemized|/language/mop#VAR>
C<Iterable> it returns a C<List> based on the argument's
L<iterator|/routine/iterator>; otherwise it just returns the argument list.
For example:
my $tuple = (1, 2); # an itemized List
put $tuple.list.raku; # OUTPUT: «(1, 2)»
put list($tuple).raku; # OUTPUT: «($(1, 2),)»
put list(|$tuple).raku; # OUTPUT: «(1, 2)»
The last statement uses the L«C<prefix:<|>>|/language/operators#prefix_|»
operator to flatten the tuple into an argument list, so it is equivalent to:
put list(1, 2).raku; # OUTPUT: «(1, 2)»
There are other ways to list the elements of an itemized single argument. For
example, you can L«decontainerize|/routine/<>» the argument or use the L<C<@>
list contextualizer|/type/Any#index-entry-@_list_contextualizer>:
=begin code :preamble<my $tuple>
put list($tuple<>).raku; # OUTPUT: «(1, 2)»
put list(@$tuple).raku; # OUTPUT: «(1, 2)»
=end code
Note that converting a type object to a list may not do what you expect:
put List.list.raku; # OUTPUT: «(List,)»
This is because the C<.list> candidate accepting a type object as the invocant
is provided by L<C<Any>|/routine/list#(Any)_method_list>. That candidate returns
a list with one element: the type object self. If you're developing a collection
type whose type object should be a valid representation of an empty collection,
you may want to provide your own candidate for undefined invocants or override
the C<Any:> candidates with an "only" method. For example:
=begin code
my class LinkedList {
has $.value; # the value stored in this node
has LinkedList $.next; # undefined if there is no next node
method values( --> Seq:D) {
my $node := self;
gather while $node {
take $node.value;
$node := $node.next;
}
}
method list( --> List:D) {
self.values.list;
}
}
my LinkedList $nodes; # an empty linked list
put $nodes.list.raku; # OUTPUT: «()»
=end code
=head2 routine elems
sub elems($list --> Int:D)
method elems(List:D: --> Int:D)
Returns the number of elements in the list.
say (1,2,3,4).elems; # OUTPUT: «4»
=head2 routine end
sub end($list --> Int:D)
method end(List:D: --> Int:D)
Returns the index of the last element.
say (1,2,3,4).end; # OUTPUT: «3»
=head2 routine keys
sub keys($list --> Seq:D)
method keys(List:D: --> Seq:D)
Returns a sequence of indexes into the list (e.g.,
C<0..(@list.elems-1)>).
say (1,2,3,4).keys; # OUTPUT: «0..3»
=head2 routine values
sub values($list --> Seq:D)
method values(List:D: --> Seq:D)
Returns a sequence of the list elements, in order.
say (1,2,3,4).^name; # OUTPUT: «List»
say (1,2,3,4).values.^name; # OUTPUT: «Seq»
=head2 routine kv
sub kv($list --> Seq:D)
method kv(List:D: --> Seq:D)
Returns an interleaved sequence of indexes and values. For example
say <a b c>.kv; # OUTPUT: «(0 a 1 b 2 c)»
=head2 routine pairs
sub pairs($list --> Seq:D)
method pairs(List:D: --> Seq:D)
Returns a sequence of pairs, with the indexes as keys and the list values as
values.
say <a b c>.pairs; # OUTPUT: «(0 => a 1 => b 2 => c)»
=head2 routine antipairs
method antipairs(List:D: --> Seq:D)
Returns a L<Seq|/type/Seq> of pairs, with the values as keys and the indexes as
values, i.e. the direct opposite to L<pairs|/type/List#routine_pairs>.
say <a b c>.antipairs; # OUTPUT: «(a => 0 b => 1 c => 2)»
=head2 routine invert
method invert(List:D: --> Seq:D)
Assumes every element of the List is a C<Pair>. Returns all elements as a
L<Seq|/type/Seq> of C<Pair>s where the keys and values have been exchanged.
If the value of a C<Pair> is an C<Iterable>, then it will expand the values
of that C<Iterable> into separate pairs.
my $l = List.new('a' => (2, 3), 'b' => 17);
say $l.invert; # OUTPUT: «(2 => a 3 => a 17 => b)»
=head2 routine join
sub join($separator, *@list)
method join(List:D: $separator = "")
Treats the elements of the list as strings by calling
L<C<.Str>|/type/Mu#method_Str> on each of them, interleaves them with
C<$separator> and concatenates everything into a single string.
Example:
say join ', ', <a b c>; # OUTPUT: «a, b, c»
The method form also allows you to omit the separator:
say <a b c>.join; # OUTPUT: «abc»
Note that the method form does not flatten sublists:
say (1, <a b c>).join('|'); # OUTPUT: «1|a b c»
The subroutine form behaves slurpily, flattening all arguments after
the first into a single list:
say join '|', 1, <a b c>; # OUTPUT: «1|a|b|c»
In this case, the list C«<a b c>» is I<slurped> and flattened, unlike what
happens when C<join> is invoked as a method.
If one of the elements of the list happens to be a C<Junction>, then C<join>
will also return a C<Junction> with concatenation done as much as possible:
say ("a"|"b","c","d").join; # OUTPUT: «any(acd,bcd)»
=head2 routine map
multi method map(Hash:D \hash)
multi method map(Iterable:D \iterable)
multi method map(|c)
multi method map(\SELF: █; :$label, :$item)
multi sub map(&code, +values)
Examples applied to lists are included here for the purpose of illustration.
For a list, it invokes C<&code> for each element and gathers the return values
in a sequence and returns it. This happens lazily, i.e. C<&code> is only invoked
when the return values are accessed.Examples:
=for code
say ('hello', 1, 22/7, 42, 'world').map: { .^name } # OUTPUT: «(Str Int Rat Int Str)»
say map *.Str.chars, 'hello', 1, 22/7, 42, 'world'; # OUTPUT: «(5 1 8 2 5)»
C<map> inspects the arity of the code object, and tries to pass as many
arguments to it as expected:
sub b($a, $b) { "$a before $b" };
say <a b x y>.map(&b).join(', '); # OUTPUT: «a before b, x before y»
iterates the list two items at a time.
Note that C<map> does not flatten embedded lists and arrays, so
((1, 2), <a b>).map({ .join(',')})
passes C<(1, 2)> and C«<a b>» in turn to the block, leading to a total of
two iterations and the result sequence C<"1,2", "a,b">. See
L<method flatmap|/type/List#method_flatmap> for an alternative that flattens.
If C<&code> is a L<Block|/type/Block> loop phasers will be executed and
loop control statements will be treated as in loop control flow. Please
note that C<return> is executed in the context of its definition. It is
not the return statement of the block but the surrounding Routine. Using
a L<Routine|/type/Routine> will also handle loop control statements and
loop phasers. Any C<Routine> specific control statement or phaser will
be handled in the context of that C<Routine>.
sub s {
my &loop-block = {
return # return from sub s
};
say 'hi';
(1..3).map: &loop-block;
say 'oi‽' # dead code
};
s
# OUTPUT: «hi»
=head2 method flatmap
method flatmap(List:D: &code --> Seq:D)
Like L«C<map>|/type/Any#routine_map» iterates over the elements of the invocant
list, feeding each element in turn to the code reference, and assembling the
return values from these invocations in a result list.
The use of C<flatmap> B<is strongly discouraged>. Instead of C<.flatmap( )>,
please use C<.map( ).flat> as it is clear when the C<.flat> is called
and is not confusing like C<.flatmap>.
Unlike C<map> it flattens non-itemized lists and arrays, so
## flatmap
my @list = ('first1', ('second2', ('third3', 'third4'), 'second5'), 'first6');
say @list.flatmap({.reverse}).raku;
# OUTPUT: «("first1", "second5", "third3", "third4", "second2", "first6").Seq»
## map
say @list.map({"$_ was a {.^name}"}).raku;
# OUTPUT: «("first1 was a Str", "second2 third3 third4 second5 was a List", "first6 was a Str").Seq»
## .map .flat has the same output as .flatmap
say @list.map({.reverse}).flat.raku;
# OUTPUT: «("first1", "second5", "third3", "third4", "second2", "first6").Seq»
=head2 method gist
multi method gist(List:D: --> Str:D)
Returns the string containing the parenthesized "gist" of the List,
B<listing up to the first 100> elements, separated by space, appending an
ellipsis if the List has more than 100 elements. If List
L«C<is-lazy>|/routine/is-lazy», returns string C«'(...)'»
=begin code
put (1, 2, 3).gist; # OUTPUT: «(1 2 3)»
put (1..∞).List.gist; # OUTPUT: «(...)»
put (1..200).List.gist;
# OUTPUT:
# (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
# 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
# 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72
# 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95
# 96 97 98 99 100 ...)
=end code
=head2 routine grep
sub grep(Mu $matcher, *@elems, :$k, :$kv, :$p, :$v --> Seq:D)
method grep(List:D: Mu $matcher, :$k, :$kv, :$p, :$v --> Seq:D)
Returns a sequence of elements against which C<$matcher> smartmatches.
The elements are returned in the order in which they appear in the original
list.
Examples:
say ('hello', 1, 22/7, 42, 'world').grep: Int; # OUTPUT: «(1 42)»
say grep { .Str.chars > 3 }, 'hello', 1, 22/7, 42, 'world'; # OUTPUT: «(hello 3.142857 world)»
Note that if you want to grep for elements that do not match, you can
use a C<none>-L<Junction|/type/Junction>:
say <a b 6 d 8 0>.grep(none Int); # OUTPUT: «(a b d)»
say <a b c d e f>.grep(none /<[aeiou]>/); # OUTPUT: «(b c d f)»
Another option to grep for elements that do not match a regex is to
use a block:
say <a b c d e f>.grep({! /<[aeiou]>/}) # OUTPUT: «(b c d f)»
The reason the example above works is because a regex in Boolean context applies
itself to C<$_>. In this case, C<!> boolifies the C«/<[aeiou]>/» regex and
negates the result. Smartmatching against a L<Callable|/type/Callable> (in this
case a L<Block|/type/Block>) returns the value returned from that callable, so
the boolified result of a regex is then used to decide whether the current value
should be kept in the result of a grep.
The optional named parameters C<:k>, C<:kv>, C<:p>, C<:v> provide the same
functionality as on slices:
=item k
Only return the index values of the matching elements in order.
=item kv
Return both the index and matched elements in order.
=item p
Return the index and the matched element as a C<Pair>, in order.
=item v
Only return the matched elements (same as not specifying any named parameter
at all).
Examples:
say ('hello', 1, 22/7, 42, 'world').grep: Int, :k;
# OUTPUT: «(1 3)»
say grep { .Str.chars > 3 }, :kv, 'hello', 1, 22/7, 42, 'world';
# OUTPUT: «(0 hello 2 3.142857 4 world)»
say grep { .Str.chars > 3 }, :p, 'hello', 1, 22/7, 42, 'world';
# OUTPUT: «(0 => hello 2 => 3.142857 4 => world)»
=head2 routine first
sub first(Mu $matcher, *@elems, :$k, :$kv, :$p, :$end)
method first(List:D: Mu $matcher?, :$k, :$kv, :$p, :$end)
Returns the first item of the list which smartmatches against C<$matcher>,
returns C<Nil> when no values match. The optional named parameter C<:end>
indicates that the search should be from the B<end> of the list, rather than
from the start.
Examples:
say (1, 22/7, 42, 300).first: * > 5; # OUTPUT: «42»
say (1, 22/7, 42, 300).first: * > 5, :end; # OUTPUT: «300»
say ('hello', 1, 22/7, 42, 'world').first: Complex; # OUTPUT: «Nil»
The optional named parameters C<:k>, C<:kv>, C<:p> provide the same
functionality as on slices:
=item k
Return the index value of the matching element. Index is always counted from
the beginning of the list, regardless of whether the C<:end> named parameter
is specified or not.
=item kv
Return both the index and matched element.
=item p
Return the index and the matched element as a C<Pair>.
Examples:
say (1, 22/7, 42, 300).first: * > 5, :k; # OUTPUT: «2»
say (1, 22/7, 42, 300).first: * > 5, :p; # OUTPUT: «2 => 42»
say (1, 22/7, 42, 300).first: * > 5, :kv, :end; # OUTPUT: «(3 300)»
In method form, the C<$matcher> can be omitted, in which case the first
available item (or last if C<:end> is set) will be returned. See also
L«C<head>|/routine/head» and L«C<tail>|/routine/tail» methods.
=head2 method head
multi method head(Any:D:) is raw
multi method head(Any:D: Callable:D $w)
multi method head(Any:D: $n)
This method is directly inherited from L<Any|/type/Any>, and it returns the B<first> C<$n>
items of the list, an empty list if C<$n> <= 0, or the first element with no
argument. The version that takes a C<Callable> uses a C<WhateverCode> to specify
all elements, starting from the first, but the last ones.
Examples:
say <a b c d e>.head ; # OUTPUT: «a»
say <a b c d e>.head(2); # OUTPUT: «(a b)»
say <a b c d e>.head(*-3); # OUTPUT: «(a b)»
=head2 method tail
multi method tail(List:D:)
multi method tail(List:D: $n --> Seq:D)
Returns a L<Seq|/type/Seq> containing the B<last> C<$n> items of the list.
Returns an empty C<Seq> if C<$n> <= 0. Defaults to the last element if
no argument is specified. Throws an exception if the list is lazy.
Examples:
=for code
say <a b c d e>.tail(*-3);# OUTPUT: «(d e)»
say <a b c d e>.tail(2); # OUTPUT: «(d e)»
say <a b c d e>.tail; # OUTPUT: «e»
In the first case, C<$n> is taking the shape of a C<WhateverCode> to indicate
the number of elements from the beginning that will be excluded. C<$n> can be
either a Callable, in which case it will be called with the value C<0>, or
anything else that can be converted to a number, in which case it will use
that as the number of elements in the output C<Seq>.
say <a b c d e>.tail( { $_ - 2 } ); # OUTPUT: «(c d e)»
=head2 routine categorize
multi method categorize()
multi method categorize(Whatever)
multi method categorize($test, :$into!, :&as)
multi method categorize($test, :&as)
multi sub categorize($test, +items, :$into!, *%named )
multi sub categorize($test, +items, *%named )
These methods are directly inherited from C<Any>; see
L<C<Any.list>|/routine/categorize#(Any)_method_categorize> for more examples.
This routine transforms a list of values into a hash representing the
categorizations of those values according to C<$test>, which is called once for
every element in the list; each hash key represents one possible categorization
for one or more of the incoming list values, and the corresponding hash value
contains an array of those list values categorized by the C<$test>, acting like
a mapper, into the category of the associated key.
Note that, unlike L<classify|/routine/classify>, which assumes that the return
value of the mapper is a single value, C<categorize> always assumes that the
return value of the mapper is a list of categories that are appropriate to the
current value.
Example:
sub mapper(Int $i) returns List {
$i %% 2 ?? 'even' !! 'odd',
$i.is-prime ?? 'prime' !! 'not prime'
}
say categorize &mapper, (1, 7, 6, 3, 2);
# OUTPUT: «{even => [6 2], not prime => [1 6], odd => [1 7 3], prime => [7 3 2]}»
=head2 routine classify
multi method classify($test, :$into!, :&as)
multi method classify($test, :&as)
multi sub classify($test, +items, :$into!, *%named )
multi sub classify($test, +items, *%named )
Transforms a list of values into a hash representing the classification
of those values; each hash key represents the classification for one or
more of the incoming list values, and the corresponding hash value
contains an array of those list values classified into the category of
the associated key. C<$test> will be an expression that will produce the
hash keys according to which the elements are going to be classified.
Example:
say classify { $_ %% 2 ?? 'even' !! 'odd' }, (1, 7, 6, 3, 2);
# OUTPUT: «{even => [6 2], odd => [1 7 3]}»
say ('hello', 1, 22/7, 42, 'world').classify: { .Str.chars };
# OUTPUT: «{1 => [1], 2 => [42], 5 => [hello world], 8 => [3.142857]}»
It can also take C<:as> as a named parameter, transforming the value
before classifying it:
say <Innie Minnie Moe>.classify( { $_.chars }, :as{ lc $_ });
# OUTPUT: «{3 => [moe], 5 => [innie], 6 => [minnie]}»
This code is classifying by number of characters, which is the
expression that has been passed as C<$test> parameter, but the C<:as>
block lowercases it before doing the transformation. The named parameter
C<:into> can also be used to classify I<into> a newly defined variable:
<Innie Minnie Moe>.classify( { $_.chars }, :as{ lc $_ }, :into( my %words{Int} ) );
say %words; # OUTPUT: «{3 => [moe], 5 => [innie], 6 => [minnie]}»
We are declaring the scope of C<%words{Int}> on the fly, with keys that
are actually integers; it gets created with the result of the
classification.
=head2 method Bool
method Bool(List:D: --> Bool:D)
Returns C<True> if the list has at least one element, and C<False>
for the empty list.
say ().Bool; # OUTPUT: «False»
say (1).Bool; # OUTPUT: «True»
=head2 method Str
method Str(List:D: --> Str:D)
Stringifies the elements of the list and joins them with spaces
(same as C<.join(' ')>).
say (1,2,3,4,5).Str; # OUTPUT: «1 2 3 4 5»
=head2 method Int
method Int(List:D: --> Int:D)
Returns the number of elements in the list (same as C<.elems>).
say (1,2,3,4,5).Int; # OUTPUT: «5»
=head2 method Numeric
method Numeric(List:D: --> Int:D)
Returns the number of elements in the list (same as C<.elems>).
say (1,2,3,4,5).Numeric; # OUTPUT: «5»
=head2 method Capture
method Capture(List:D: --> Capture:D)
Returns a L<Capture|/type/Capture> where each L<Pair|/type/Pair>, if any, in the
C<List> has been converted to a named argument (with the
L<key|/type/Pair#method_key> of the L<Pair|/type/Pair> stringified). All other
elements in the C<List> are converted to positional arguments in the order they
are found, i.e. the first non pair item in the list becomes the first positional
argument, which gets index C<0>, the second non pair item becomes the second
positional argument, getting index C<1> etc.
my $list = (7, 5, a => 2, b => 17);
my $capture = $list.Capture;
say $capture.keys; # OUTPUT: «(0 1 a b)»
my-sub(|$capture); # OUTPUT: «7, 5, 2, 17»
sub my-sub($first, $second, :$a, :$b) {
say "$first, $second, $a, $b"
}
A more advanced example demonstrating the returned C<Capture> being matched
against a L<Signature|/type/Signature>.
my $list = (7, 5, a => 2, b => 17);
say so $list.Capture ~~ :($ where * == 7,$,:$a,:$b); # OUTPUT: «True»
$list = (8, 5, a => 2, b => 17);
say so $list.Capture ~~ :($ where * == 7,$,:$a,:$b); # OUTPUT: «False»
=head2 routine pick
multi sub pick($count, *@list --> Seq:D)
multi method pick(List:D: $count --> Seq:D)
multi method pick(List:D: --> Mu)
multi method pick(List:D: Callable $calculate --> Seq:D)
If C<$count> is supplied: Returns C<$count> elements chosen at random
and without repetition from the invocant. If C<*> is passed as C<$count>,
or C<$count> is greater than or equal to the size of the list, then all
elements from the invocant list are returned in a random sequence; i.e. they
are returned shuffled.
In I<method> form, if C<$count> is omitted: Returns a single random item from
the list, or Nil if the list is empty
Examples:
say <a b c d e>.pick; # OUTPUT: «b»
say <a b c d e>.pick: 3; # OUTPUT: «(c a e)»
say <a b c d e>.pick: *; # OUTPUT: «(e d a b c)»
As of the 2021.06 release of the Rakudo compiler, it is also possible to
specify C<**> (aka C<HyperWhatever>) as the count.
In that case, C<.pick> will start picking again on the original list
after it has been exhausted, again and again, indefinitely.
say <a b c>.pick(**).head(10); # OUTPUT: «((a c b c a b b c a b))»
=head2 routine roll
multi sub roll($count, *@list --> Seq:D)
multi method roll(List:D: $count --> Seq:D)
multi method roll(List:D: --> Mu)
If C<$count> is supplied: Returns a sequence of C<$count> elements, each
randomly selected from the list. Each random choice is made independently, like
a separate die roll where each die face is a list element. If C<*> is passed as
C<$count> returns a lazy, infinite sequence of randomly chosen elements from the
original list.
If C<$count> is omitted: Returns a single random item from the list, or
Nil if the list is empty
Examples:
say <a b c d e>.roll; # 1 random letter
say <a b c d e>.roll: 3; # 3 random letters
say roll 8, <a b c d e>; # 8 random letters
my $random-digits := (^10).roll(*);
say $random-digits[^15]; # 15 random digits
=head2 routine eager
multi method eager(List:D: --> List:D)
Evaluates all elements in the C<List> eagerly, and returns them as a C<List>.
my \ll = (lazy 1..5).cache;
say ll[]; # OUTPUT: «(...)»
say ll.eager # OUTPUT: «(1 2 3 4 5)»
=head2 routine reverse
multi sub reverse(*@list --> Seq:D)
multi method reverse(List:D: --> Seq:D)
Returns a L«C<Seq>|/type/Seq» with the same elements in reverse order.
Note that C<reverse> always refers to reversing elements of a list;
to reverse the characters in a string, use L<flip|/routine/flip>.
Examples:
say <hello world!>.reverse; # OUTPUT: «(world! hello)»
say reverse ^10; # OUTPUT: «(9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0)»
=head2 routine rotate
multi sub rotate(@list, Int:D $n = 1 --> Seq:D)
multi method rotate(List:D: Int:D $n = 1 --> Seq:D)
Returns a L«C<Seq>|/type/Seq» with the list elements rotated to the left
when C<$n> is positive or to the right otherwise.
Examples:
say <a b c d e>.rotate(2); # OUTPUT: (c d e a b)
say <a b c d e>.rotate(-1); # OUTPUT: (e a b c d)
B<Note>: Before Rakudo version 2020.06 a new C<List> was returned instead
of a C<Seq>.
=head2 routine sort
multi sub sort(*@elems --> Seq:D)
multi sub sort(&custom-routine-to-use, *@elems --> Seq:D)
multi method sort(List:D: --> Seq:D)
multi method sort(List:D: &custom-routine-to-use --> Seq:D)
Sorts the list, smallest element first. By default
L«C«infix:<cmp>»|/routine/cmp» is used for comparing list elements.
If C<&custom-routine-to-use> is provided, and it accepts two arguments,
it is invoked for pairs of list elements, and should return
C<Order::Less>, C<Order::Same> or C<Order::More>.
If C<&custom-routine-to-use> accepts only one argument, the list
elements are sorted according to C<<custom-routine-to-use($a) cmp
custom-routine-to-use($b)>>. The return values of
C<&custom-routine-to-use> are cached, so that C<&custom-routine-to-use>
is only called once per list element.
Examples:
say (3, -4, 7, -1, 2, 0).sort; # OUTPUT: «(-4 -1 0 2 3 7)»
say (3, -4, 7, -1, 2, 0).sort: *.abs; # OUTPUT: «(0 -1 2 3 -4 7)»
say (3, -4, 7, -1, 2, 0).sort: { $^b leg $^a }; # OUTPUT: «(7 3 2 0 -4 -1)»
Additionally, if C<&custom-routine-to-use> returns a C<List>, elements
will be sorted based upon multiple values with subsequent values in the
C<List> being used to break the tie if the comparison between the prior
elements evaluate to C<Order::Same>.
my @resistance = (
%( first-name => 'Kyle', last-name => 'Reese' ),
%( first-name => 'Sarah', last-name => 'Connor' ),
%( first-name => 'John', last-name => 'Connor' ),
);
.say for @resistance.sort: { .<last-name>, .<first-name> };
#`(
OUTPUT:
{first-name => John, last-name => Connor}
{first-name => Sarah, last-name => Connor}
{first-name => Kyle, last-name => Reese}
)
This sorting can be based on characteristics of a single element:
=begin code
say <ddd aaa bbb bb ccc c>.sort( {.chars, .Str} );
# OUTPUT: «(c bb aaa bbb ccc ddd)»
=end code
In this case, elements of the array are sorted in ascending order
according first to the string length (C<.chars>) and second to the
actual alphabetical order C<.Str>) if the length is exactly the same.
Any number of criteria can be used in this:
=begin code
say <01 11 111 2 20 02>.sort( { .Int, .comb.sum, .Str } );
# OUTPUT: «(01 02 2 11 20 111)»
=end code
Calling the C<sort> sub without any arguments has become a runtime error as of
release 2022.07 of the Rakudo compiler:
=begin code
sort; # ERROR: «Must specify something to sort»
=end code
As of release 2023.08 of the Rakudo compiler it is also possible to specify
a C<:k> named argument. This will cause the result to be a list of
B<indices> of the sorting process.
say <a c b d e>.sort(:k); # OUTPUT: «(0 2 1 3 4)»
say sort <a c b d e>, :k; # OUTPUT: «(0 2 1 3 4)»
=head2 routine reduce
multi method reduce(Any:D: &with)
multi sub reduce (&with, +list)
Returns a single "combined" value from a list of arbitrarily many values, by
iteratively applying a routine which knows how to combine I<two> values. In
addition to the subroutine and the list, an initial value can be provided to
initialize the reduction, which ends up being the return value if the list is
empty. Thus C<reduce f, init, list> combines the elements of the list from left
to right, as is shown in the following pseudocode:
=for code :lang<Pseudo>
result0 = init
result1 = f(result0, list[0])
result2 = f(result1, list[1])
...
resultn = f(resultn-1, list[n-1])
C<resultn> is the final result for an n-element list.
say reduce &infix:<+>, (1, 2, 3); # OUTPUT: «6»
say (1, 2, 3).reduce: &infix:<+>; # OUTPUT: «6»
say reduce &max, (5, 9, 12, 1); # OUTPUT: «12»
If C<list> contains just a single element, the operator is applied to that
single element if possible; if not, it returns the element itself.
say reduce &infix:<->, (10,); # OUTPUT: «10»
When the list contains no elements, an exception is thrown, unless C<&with>
is an I<operator> with a known identity value (e.g., the identity value of
C«infix:<+>» is 0). For this reason, you're advised to prefix the input list
with an initial value (or explicit identity value):
my \strings = "One good string!", "And one another good string!";
say reduce { $^a ~ $^b }, '', |strings; # like strings.join
my \numbers = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
say reduce { $^a > $^b ?? $^a !! $^b }, 0, |numbers; # like numbers.max
sub count-and-sum-evens( (Int \count, Int \sum), Int \x ) {
x %% 2 ?? (count+1, sum+x) !! (count, sum)
}
say reduce &count-and-sum-evens, (0, 0), |numbers; # OUTPUT: «(2 6)»
In the last example, since C<reduce> only supports one initial value we use a
C<List> with two values, which is by itself a single value. The
C<count-and-sum-evens> subroutine takes two positional values: a
C<List> of two C<Int>s and an C<Int>, and return a C<List> storing the count
and sum of the even integers accumulated.
If C<&with> is the code object of an I<operator>, its
inherent identity value and associativity is respected - in other words,
C<(VAL1, VAL2, VAL3).reduce(&infix:<OP>)> is the same as C<VAL1 OP VAL2 OP VAL3>
even for operators which aren't left-associative:
# Raise 2 to the 81st power, because 3 to the 4th power is 81
(2,3,4).reduce(&infix:<**>).lsb.say; # OUTPUT: «81»
(2**(3**4)).lsb.say; # OUTPUT: «81»
(2**3**4).lsb.say; # OUTPUT: «81»
# Subtract 4 from -1, because 2 minus 3 is -1
(2,3,4).reduce(&infix:<->).say; # OUTPUT: «-5»
((2-3)-4).say; # OUTPUT: «-5»
(2-3-4).say; # OUTPUT: «-5»
Since reducing with an infix operator is a common thing to do, the
L<reduction metaoperator|/language/operators#Reduction_metaoperators> C<[ ]>
provides a syntactic shortcut. Thus, instead of passing the operator's code
object to C<reduce>, just pass the operator directly to C<[ ]>. To use a
user-defined subroutine instead, provide an additional layer of square brackets
around the subroutine's code object:
say [*] (1, 2, 3, 4); # OUTPUT: «24»
say [min] (4, 2, 1, 3); # OUTPUT: «1»
sub mult { $^a * $^b };
say [[&mult]] (1, 2, 3, 4); # OUTPUT: «24»
Semantically, all the following do the same thing:
my \numbers = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
say reduce { $^a + $^b }, 0, |numbers;
say reduce * + *, 0, |numbers;
say reduce &[+], numbers; # operator does not need explicit identity value
say [+] numbers;
Since C<reduce> is an implicit loop that iterates over with its I<reducing> subroutine,
it responds to C<next>, C<last> and C<redo> statements inside C<&with>:
sub last-after-seven { last if $^a > 7; $^a + $^b };