What does `$result = f() .. g()' really return?
What does `$result = f() .. g()' really return?
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False so long as f() returns false, after
which it returns true until g() returns true,
and then starts the cycle again.
This is scalar not list context, so we have the bistable
flip-flop range operator famous in parsing of mail messages,
as in `$in_body = /^$/ .. eof()'. Except for the first
time f() returns true, g() is entirely ignored, and f()
will be ignored while g() later when g() is evaluated.
Double dot is the inclusive range operator, f() and
g() will both be evaluated on the same record. If you
don't want that to happen, the exclusive range operator,
triple dots, can be used instead. For extra credit,
describe this:
$bingo = ( a() .. b() ) ... ( c() .. d() );
2013-09-06, 1779👍, 0💬
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