Re: Perl 6 version of cheatsheet

[xenchu]

in reply to Perl 6 version of cheatsheet
in thread perlcheat

I may just be 'not getting it' as usual, but shouldn't the line:

element: @array[0]     %hash{'a'}

instead be:

element: $array[0]     $hash{'a'}

Or is that a Perl 6 change?

Thanks,
xenchu

[adrianh]

It's a Perl 6 change :-)

[ysth]

To be more verbose, in perl6 the sigils become part of the variable name. Everywhere you talk about @array, it will have the '@'. $array[5] instead is the 5th element of the array whose array ref is stored in the scalar $array ($array->[5] in perl5-speak.).

[rvosa]

I have to say: keeping the same sigil regardless of whether you're accessing elements or the whole thing is going to be very helpful for newcomers.