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NAME

Data::Decrement - Provide extra magic logic for auto-decrement

VERSION

This document describes version 0.002 of Data::Decrement (from Perl distribution Data-Decrement), released on 2019-01-26.

SYNOPSIS


            

              
              
use Data::Decrement 'decr';
print decr("b00"); # prints "a99"

DESCRIPTION

Perl's auto-increment operator (++) has some convenience feature built in. Quoting perlop:


            

              
              
The auto-increment operator has a little extra builtin magic to it. If you
increment a variable that is numeric, or that has ever been used in a numeric
context, you get a normal increment. If, however, the variable has been used in
only string contexts since it was set, and has a value that is not the empty
string and matches the pattern "/^[a-zA-Z]*[0-9]*\z/", the increment is done as
a string, preserving each character within its range, with carry:
 print ++($foo = "99");      # prints "100"
 print ++($foo = "a0");      # prints "a1"
 print ++($foo = "Az");      # prints "Ba"
 print ++($foo = "zz");      # prints "aaa"
"undef" is always treated as numeric, and in particular is changed to 0 before
incrementing (so that a post-increment of an undef value will return 0 rather
than "undef").
The auto-decrement operator is not magical.

This module provides the decr() function to do the decrement equivalent, although it is not exactly the reverse of the increment operation. In general, the rule is that decr(++$a) should return the same value as the original $a before the auto-increment, with a couple of exception.

  • Positive integers are decremented as string

    Positive integers, including those with zero prefix, are decremented as string.

    
            
    
              
              
    print decr(-123);            # prints "-124", treated as number
    print decr(123);             # prints "122", treated as string
    print decr(100);             # prints "099", treated as string

    "undef" like in auto-increment is treated as number 0.

    
            
    
              
              
    print decr(undef);            # prints "-1", treated as number

  • Decrementing is not done when leftmost digit is already "A", "a", or 0

    When carrying over to the left-most digit, and the digit is already "A", "a", or "0", decrementing is not done. The original value is returned and a warning "Cannot decrement '<VALUE>'" is issued. Examples:

    
            
    
              
              
    print decr(0);               # prints "0", warns "Cannot decrement '0'"
    print decr("a1");            # prints "a0"
    print decr("b0");            # prints "a9"
    print decr("a0");            # prints "a0", warns "Cannot decrement 'a0'"
    print decr("bZz0");          # prints "bZy9"
    print decr("bZa0");          # prints "bYz9"
    print decr("bAa0");          # prints "aZz9"
    print decr("aAa0");          # prints "aAa0", warns "Cannot decrement 'aAa0'"

FUNCTIONS

decr

Usage:


            

              
              
decr($val) => $dec_val

Accept a value and return decremented value. If $val matches the pattern /^[a-zA-Z]*[0-9]*\z/, it will decremented as a string (note that positive integers match this pattern). Otherwise, it will be decremented numerically. undef is regarded as numeric 0.

Will return the original value and emit a warning if cannot decrement a value.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Data-Decrement.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Data-Decrement.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Data-Decrement

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

++ in perlop

dec-pl in App::IncrementUtils

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2019 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.