Object::Array - array references with accessors
Version 0.060
use Object::Array qw(Array); my $array = Object::Array->new; # or $array = Object::Array->new(\@array); # or $array = Array(\@array); $array->push(1..5); print $array->shift; $_++ for grep { $_ < 4 } @{ $array }; $array->[0] = "a pony";
Several of these methods do not behave exactly like their builtin counterparts.
Specifically, any method that you would expect to return a list does so, but only in list context. In scalar context, these methods will return an Object::Array object constructed from a copy of the list that would have been returned.
This sounds more complicated than it is. It means that you can chain some methods together, e.g.
$arr->grep(sub { defined })->[-1];
instead of the more bracing
${ $arr->grep(sub { defined }) }[-1];
Currently, these array objects only contain copies of the original values. In the future, they will retain references to the original object, and this sort of thing will be possible:
$arr->grep(sub { defined })->[-1]++;
my $array = Object::Array->new; # or use existing array my $array = Object::Array->new(\@a);
Creates a new array object, either from scratch or from an existing array.
Using an existing array will mean that any changes to $array also affect the original array object. If you don't want that, copy the data first or use something like Storable's dclone.
$array
dclone
Overridden to respond to 'ARRAY'.
Returns a reference to the underlying array.
Object::Array::Plugin::Builtins
Object::Array::Plugin::ListMoreUtils
Hans Dieter Pearcey, <hdp at cpan.org>
<hdp at cpan.org>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-object-array at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Object-Array. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
bug-object-array at rt.cpan.org
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Object::Array
You can also look for information at:
AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
http://annocpan.org/dist/Object-Array
CPAN Ratings
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Object-Array
RT: CPAN's request tracker
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Object-Array
Search CPAN
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Object-Array
Copyright 2006 Hans Dieter Pearcey, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Object::Array, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Object::Array
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Object::Array
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.