use Kavorka qw(fun); use Scalar::Induce qw(induce void); fun repeat($val!, $times!) { induce { $_-- ? $val : void undef $_ } $times; } repeat('foo', 5); # ('foo', 'foo', 'foo', 'foo', 'foo') repeat({bar => 42}, 3); # 0 HASH(0x138be78) # bar => 42 # 1 HASH(0x138be78) # -> REUSED_ADDRESS # 2 HASH(0x138be78) # -> REUSED_ADDRESS fun range(:$from = 1, :$to!, :$step = 1) { induce { my $curr = $_; undef $_ if ($_ += $step) > $to; return $curr; } $from; } range(step => 1.1, from => 4, to => 17); # (4, 5.1, 6.2, 7.3, 8.4, 9.5, 10.6, 11.7, 12.8, 13.9, 15, 16.1) range(to => 7); # (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) fun partition($n!, @l!) { induce { my @part = splice @$_, 0, $n; undef $_ unless @$_; return \@part; } \@l } partition(3, qw(Aragorn Boromir Frodo Gandalf Gimli Legolas Merry Pippin Sam)); # ( # ['Aragorn', 'Boromir', 'Frodo'], # ['Gandalf', 'Gimli', 'Legolas'], # ['Merry', 'Pippin', 'Sam'] # ) fun factor($n!) { induce { for my $i (2..$_/2) { unless ($_ % $i) { $_ /= $i; return $i; } } my $curr = $_; undef $_; return $curr; } $n } factor(138600); # (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, 11)