Test if list is range

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Re: Test if list is range by LanX (Saint) on Sep 29, 2012 at 11:33 UTC
please use `<code>` tags! No, there is (unfortunately) no range datatype, the range operator does only create a list in list context. If you need ranges as types , consider creating an object or tie handling the behavior you want. You could also try one of the cpan modules for ranges. Cheers Rolf	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Test if list is range by Anonymous Monk on Sep 30, 2012 at 01:07 UTC
There might be a way `$ perl -MO=Deparse -e " use Data::Dump; dd [ 1,2,3 ] " use Data::Dump; dd([1, 2, 3]); -e syntax OK $ perl -MO=Deparse -e " use Data::Dump; dd [ 1..3 ] " use Data::Dump; dd([1..3]); -e syntax OK` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Test if list is range by LanX (Saint) on Sep 30, 2012 at 11:45 UTC
for this you need to know where in the source an array variable was set .... Its like trying to determine if ones grandparents where married by screening his bloodsample. Cheers Rolf	[reply]
Re^4: Test if list is range by Anonymous Monk on Sep 30, 2012 at 11:51 UTC
Re: Test if list is range by Kenosis (Priest) on Sep 29, 2012 at 15:05 UTC
Perhaps Perl's (v5.10+) smart-match operator can help: `use strict; use warnings; my @array = qw/1 2 3/; print 'The variable is ' . ( is123(@array) ? '' : 'not ' ) . '[1 .. 3] +.'; sub is123 { @_ ~~ [ 1 .. 3 ] }` [download] Output: `The variable is [1 .. 3].` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Test if list is range by DeepThought (Initiate) on Oct 01, 2012 at 10:09 UTC
Hm, I guess I could use the first and last element of a array and create a range with that which I can compare against the array like this to see if it is identical. But I think I will just ignore the problem and expect the user to tell me what he wants. The range operator would have been very nice meta programming syntax sugar though. I wanted to use it for data validations where for a test a user could pass a list or range of valid entries. But of course for a range I don't want to actually test every element just a few within the range. Thanks for all your answers	[reply]