Acme::ButFirst - Do something, but first do something else.
use Acme::ButFirst; # Print a greeting, but first find caffiene. { print "Good morning!\n"; } but first { print "I need a coffee\n"; } # Count from 1 to 10, but first print a statement # about our counting skills. foreach my $count (1..10) { print "$count\n"; } but first { print "I can count to..."; } # Print our lines, but first reverse them, but first convert # them into upper case. while (<>) { print; } butfirst { $_ = reverse $_; } butfirst { $_ = uc $_; }
Acme::ButFirst allows you to execute a block of code, but first do something else. Perfect for when you wish to add to the start of a long block of code, but don't have the energy to scroll upwards in your editor.
Acme::ButFirst
Acme::ButFirst recognises both butfirst and but first as keywords.
butfirst
but first
Usage of Acme::ButFirst is lexically scoped. ButFirstification can be explicitly disabled by using no Acme::ButFirst.
no Acme::ButFirst
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2005/09/msg00346.html
Acme::Dont::t, Acme::ComeFrom, Acme::Goto::Line
Any use of this module should be considered a bug.
Strings in the form of " { work } but first { coffee } " may sometimes be incorrectly munged.
" { work } but first { coffee } "
Paul Fenwick <pjf@cpan.org>
Copyright (C) 2005 by Paul Fenwick
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
To install Acme::ButFirst, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Acme::ButFirst
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Acme::ButFirst
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.