Re: Automatic Loop Counter not in perl

I like Perl 6's mechanism:

for @array.kv -> $i, $v { print "Item at index $i has value $v\n"; }
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If only there were a way to incorporate it into Perl 5. Maybe I should add that to the wish list for perl 5.12

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Re^2: Automatic Loop Counter not in perl by moritz (Cardinal) on Aug 22, 2007 at 08:33 UTC
Yes, Perl 6's solution is rather generic. A loop counter can easily be done like this: `for @array Z (0..*) -> $item, $count { say "$item occured at position $count"; }` [download] An array is (lazily) zipped with a (lazy) infinite array (`1, 2, 3 Z 'a', 'b', 'c'` evaluates to `(1, 'a'), (2, 'b', (3, 'c')`, in list context it is flattened `(1, 'a', 2, 'b', 3, 'c')` and the two loop variables eat up two elements per iteration. Note that It is not much to type the counter is scoped to the loop block you can easily and intuitivly set the lower boundary of the counter you can choose arbitrary for the counter You only do that when you really need a counter, so no runtime penalties for loops without counter You can omit the `->$item, $counter` part and use self declaring parameters with the ^ twigil to save typing Hooray for Perl 6! Perl 6 in German -- Difficult Sudoku	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Automatic Loop Counter not in perl by princepawn (Parson) on Aug 21, 2007 at 17:19 UTC
Why dont you implement an iterator similar to Python's `enumerate()` function? Carter's compass: I know I'm on the right track when by deleting something, I'm adding functionality	[reply] [d/l]