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01 Specifying a List in Your Program

   #!/usr/bin/perl6
   use v6;
   
   # Creating an array
   # see also S09
   
   my @names = ('foo', 'bar', 'baz');
   @names.perl.say;
   
   my @others = qw(foo bar baz);
   @others.perl.say;

02 Printing a List with Commas

   #!/usr/bin/perl6
   use v6;
   
   my @names = qw(foo bar baz);
   
   sub commify_series {
   #    @_.perl.say;
       (@_ == 0) ?? ''                 !!
       (@_ == 1) ?? @_[0]              !!
       (@_ == 2) ?? join(" and ", @_)  !!
                    join(", ", @_[0 .. (@_-2)], "and " ~ @_[*-1]);
   }
   
   # TODO due to a parsing bug in Rakudo this ; is required here
   ;
   
   say commify_series(|@names);
   @names.pop;
   say commify_series(|@names);
   @names.pop;
   say commify_series(|@names);
   
   # TODO: this should also work, but then we have to enable the @_.perl.say in the sub
   # say commify_series(@names);

05 Iterating Over an Array

   #!/usr/bin/perl6
   use v6;
   

Description

Quite similar to how it is done in Perl 5 using a for loop, though the syntax of creating an array from a list of words has changed from qw to be <>

   my @names = <foo bar baz>;
   
   for @names -> $name {
       say $name;
   }
   

10 Appending One Array to Another

   #!/usr/bin/perl6
   use v6;
   

Description

This is quite similar to the same code in Perl 5.

   my @names      = <foo bar baz>;
   my @more_names = <moo barney>;
   
   say @names.perl;
   say @more_names.perl;
   push @names, @more_names;
   say @names.perl;
   

11 Reversing an Array

   #!/usr/bin/perl6
   use v6;
   

Description

This is quite similar to the same code in Perl 5.

   my @names      = <foo bar baz>;
   
   say @names.perl;
   @names = reverse @names;
   say @names.perl;