Re: foreach count variable

I've also always wanted that feature. Sometimes you want both the element and the position at the same time.
I talked to Damian and Dan about it at the Perl conference year before last and they liked my suggestion (for Perl6) but I guess nothing ever came of it.
I proposed an attribute on the topic (list variable), ie:

foreach my $foo qw(a b c d e f g) {
  print $foo,$foo.index;
}
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Although I'm not sure that index is the best name for the attribute. Maybe position?

-pete
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Re: Re: foreach count variable by dreamy (Sexton) on Nov 19, 2002 at 08:31 UTC
yep. in perl6 this attribute would be nice. there is even one more way to go: `foreach my $foo (@bar) count $c { print $c . "-> " . $foo; }` [download] or maybe: `foreach my $foo (@bar) counting $c { print $c . "-> " . $foo; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]