NAME

For::Else - Enable else blocks with foreach blocks

SYNOPSIS

  use For::Else;

  foreach my $item ( @items ) {
    do_something( $item );
  }
  else {
    die 'no items';
  }

DESCRIPTION

We iterate over a list like this:

  foreach my $item ( @items ) {
    do_something( $item );
  }

However I find myself needing to accommodate for the exceptional case when the list is empty:

  if ( @items ) {
    foreach my $item ( @items ) {
      do_something( $item );
    }
  }
  else {
    die 'no items';
  }

Since we don't enter the foreach block when there are no items, I find the if to be rather redundant. Wouldn't it be nice to get rid of it? Well now you can :)

  use For::Else;

  foreach my $item ( @items ) {
    do_something( $item );
  }
  else {
    die 'no items';
  }

FUNCTIONS

For::Else is a source filter and doesn't contain any functions.

SEE ALSO

Fur::Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven

The latest version can be found at:

  https://github.com/alfie/For-Else

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  https://github.com/alfie/For-Else/subscription

SUPPORT

Please report any bugs or feature requests at:

  https://github.com/alfie/For-Else/issues

Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests :)

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

  perl Makefile.PL
  make
  make test
  make install

DEPENDENCIES

Filter::Simple

AUTHOR

Alfie John <alfiej@opera.com>

WARRANTY

IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2012 by Alfie John

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.14.2 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

cpanm For::Else

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install For::Else