Isn't that a smart match on a type object? > say @objects.any ~~ Bool True > say @objects.any ~~ Rat False
-y -y On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 8:11 AM Mikkel <mikkelst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Simon > > That was certainly a simple way. > But this checks for the value of True rather than the object type Bool right? > What if I wanted to know if an Int, (with any given value) were among the > values? > > Best regards > Mikkel > > On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 16:38, Simon Proctor <simon.proc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The easiest option would be use the set operators. In this case (elem) (or >> ∈) will coerce your array to a Set and then check to see if the given item >> is in it. >> >> my @objects = [1, True, "string", 5, Str.new]; >> say True (elem) @objects; >> say True ∈ @objects; >> >> Give True. Note Removing the True from the list and we get False so we don't >> have to worry about the joys of truthiness it's taking your types into >> account. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Simon >> >> >> On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 15:29, Mikkel <mikkelst...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello. >>> >>> Suppose I have an array (or should I say a positional?): >>> my @objects = [1, True, "string", 5, Str.new]; >>> Containing different kind of objects. It could be Ints, Strs and Bools. >>> Is there a nice way of determining if for example a Bool is present in the >>> array, returning True or False whether the given object is present or not? >>> >>> Best Regards >>> Mikkel Birkedam >> >> >> >> -- >> Simon Proctor >> Cognoscite aliquid novum cotidie >> >> http://www.khanate.co.uk/
