Leave off the '.kv' to get a Seq (array-like-thing)
> my $letters='abc def g';
abc def g
> $letters.comb().perl
("a", "b", "c", " ", "d", "e", "f", " ", "g").Seq
> ($letters.comb())[0,3,4,6]
(a d f)
> my @letter_array = $letters.comb()
[a b c d e f g]
> @letter_array[1]
b
-y
On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 1:02 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <
perl6-us...@perl.org> wrote:
> On 2/6/19 12:58 PM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 12:38:01PM -0800, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
> wrote:
> >> $ p6 'my Str $x="abcd"; for $x.comb.kv -> $i, $j {say "Index <$i> =
> <$j> =
> >> ord <" ~ ord($j) ~ ">";}'
> >>
> >> Index <0> = <a> = ord <97>
> >> Index <1> = <b> = ord <98>
> >> Index <2> = <c> = ord <99>
> >> Index <3> = <d> = ord <100>
> >>
> >> Certainly very practical. If dealing with large strings, is
> >> it the most efficient?
> >
> > .comb is intended to be more efficient than .split for this particular
> application, yes.
> >
> > "comb" is about obtaining the substrings you're looking for (individual
> characters in this case); "split" is about finding substrings between the
> things you're looking for.
> >
> > Pm
> >
>
> Thank you!
>
