Filter out every second value of a list
Filter out every second value of a list, starting with the first
my $t = 1;
grep { $t^=1 } LIST
my $t = 1;
grep { $t = 1-$t } LIST
my $t = 1;
grep { ++$t % 2 } LIST
map { $_%2 ? $ARRAY[$_] : () } 0..$#ARRAY
Example:
>perl -le"$t=1; print grep { $t^=1 } qw( a b c d e );"
bd
>perl -le"$t=1; print grep { $t = 1-$t } qw( a b c d e );"
bd
>perl -le"$t=1; print grep { ++$t % 2 } qw( a b c d e );"
bd
>perl -le"@a = qw( a b c d e ); print map { $_%2 ? $a[$_] : () } 0..$#
+a;"
bd
Filter out every second value of a list, starting with the second
my $t = 0;
grep { $t^=1 } LIST
my $t = 0;
grep { $t=1-$t } LIST
my $t = 0;
grep { ++$t % 2 } LIST
map { $_%2 ? () : $ARRAY[$_] } 0..$#ARRAY
Example:
>perl -le"$t=0; print grep { $t^=1 } qw( a b c d e );"
ace
>perl -le"$t=1; print grep { $t = 1-$t } qw( a b c d e );"
ace
>perl -le"$t=0; print grep { ++$t % 2 } qw( a b c d e );"
bd
>perl -le"@a = qw( a b c d e ); print map { $_%2 ? () : $a[$_] } 0..$#
+a;"
ace
Transform a list based on odd/even-ness of index
my $t = 1;
map { ($t^=1) ? EXPR_FOR_ODD : EXPR_FOR_EVEN } LIST
my $t = 1;
map { ($t = 1-$t) ? EXPR_FOR_ODD : EXPR_FOR_EVEN } LIST
my $t = 1;
map { (++$t % 2) ? EXPR_FOR_ODD : EXPR_FOR_EVEN } LIST
map { $_%2 ? EXPR_FOR_ODD : EXPR_FOR_EVEN } 0..$#ARRAY
Example:
>perl -le"$t=1; print map { ($t^=1) ? uc : lc } qw( a b c d e );"
aBcDe
>perl -le"$t=1; print map { ($t=1-$t) ? uc : lc } qw( a b c d e );"
aBcDe
>perl -le"$t=1; print map { (++$t % 2) ? uc : lc } qw( a b c d e );"
aBcDe
>perl -le"@a = qw( a b c d e ); print map { $_%2 ? uc($a[$_]) : lc($a[
+$_]) } 0..$#a;"
aBcDe
Usage note
None of the above are particularly self-explanatory, so a comment is in order if they their use if not obvious from the context.
Update: Added % solution as an alternative
Update: Added 1- solution as an alternative