NAME
Syntax::Operator::Divides - an infix operator for division test
SYNOPSIS
On Perl v5.38 or later:
use Syntax::Operator::Divides;
say "Multiple of 10" if $x %% 10;
Or via Syntax::Keyword::Match on Perl v5.14 or later:
use v5.14;
use Syntax::Keyword::Match;
use Syntax::Operator::Divides;
foreach ( 1 .. 100 ) {
match( $_ : %% ) {
case(15) { say "FizzBuzz" }
case(3) { say "Fizz" }
case(5) { say "Buzz" }
default { say $_ }
}
}
DESCRIPTION
This module provides an infix operator that implements an integer
divides test which returns true if the lefthand operand is a whole
multiple of the righthand.
Support for custom infix operators was added in the Perl 5.37.x
development cycle and is available from development release v5.37.7
onwards, and therefore in Perl v5.38 onwards. The documentation of
XS::Parse::Infix describes the situation in more detail.
While Perl versions before this do not support custom infix operators,
they can still be used via XS::Parse::Infix and hence
XS::Parse::Keyword. Custom keywords which attempt to parse operator
syntax may be able to use these. One such module is
Syntax::Keyword::Match; see the SYNOPSIS example given above.
OPERATORS
%%
my $divides = $numerator %% $denominator;
Yields true if the numerator operand is a whole integer multiple of the
denominator. This is implemented by using the % modulus operator and
testing if the remainder is zero.
FUNCTIONS
As a convenience, the following functions may be imported which
implement the same behaviour as the infix operators, though are
accessed via regular function call syntax.
These wrapper functions are implemented using XS::Parse::Infix, and
thus have an optimising call-checker attached to them. In most cases,
code which calls them should not in fact have the full runtime overhead
of a function call because the underlying test operator will get
inlined into the calling code at compiletime. In effect, code calling
these functions should run with the same performance as code using the
infix operators directly.
is_divisor
my $divides = is_divisor( $numerator, $denominator );
A function version of the "%%" operator.
AUTHOR
Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>