Re: sprintf and print question

2022-09-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 9/1/22 23:50, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 9/1/22 19:37, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Hi All, Is there a cleaner way to do this? $ raku -e 'print( (sprintf "%.4s", "andefghi" ) ~ "\n";)' ande I want to print the first four letter s to STDOUT. -T $ raku -e 'p

Re: BEGIN {} question

2022-09-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
Found something interesting $ raku -c GetUpdates.pl6 Syntax OK Will execute the BEGIN {}, not just syntax check it.

Re: BEGIN {} question

2022-09-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 9/2/22 00:13, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Found something interesting $ raku -c GetUpdates.pl6 Syntax OK Will execute the BEGIN {}, not just syntax check it. The guys on the chat line said this is normal as `BEGIN` runs a compile time -- ~~ Com

Re: BEGIN {} question

2022-09-02 Thread Elizabeth Mattijsen
> On 2 Sep 2022, at 22:52, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users > wrote: > > On 9/2/22 00:13, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: >> Found something interesting >> $ raku -c GetUpdates.pl6 >> Syntax OK >> Will execute the BEGIN {}, not just >> syntax check it. > > The guys on the chat line said this is

Re: BEGIN {} question

2022-09-02 Thread ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
On 9/2/22 13:52, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: On 9/2/22 00:13, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote: Found something interesting $ raku -c GetUpdates.pl6 Syntax OK Will execute the BEGIN {}, not just syntax check it. The guys on the chat line said this is normal as `BEGIN` runs a compil