NAME

App::linerange - Retrieve line ranges from a filehandle

VERSION

This document describes version 0.001 of App::linerange (from Perl distribution App-linerange), released on 2019-03-17.

FUNCTIONS

linerange

Usage:

linerange(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Retrieve line ranges from a filehandle.

Examples:

  • Get lines 1-10:

    linerange(spec => "1-10");
  • Get lines 1 to 10, .. is synonym for -:

    linerange(spec => "1 .. 10");
  • Get lines 1-10 as well as 21-30:

    linerange(spec => "1-10, 21 - 30");
  • You can specify negative number, get the 5th line until 2nd last:

    linerange(spec => "5 .. -2");
  • You can specify negative number, get the 10th last until last:

    linerange(spec => "-10 .. -1");

The routine performs a single pass on the filehandle, retrieving specified line ranges.

This function is not exported by default, but exportable.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • fh* => filehandle

  • spec* => str

    Line range specification.

    A comma-separated list of line numbers ("N") or line ranges ("N1..N2" or "N1-N2"), where N, N1, and N2 are line number specification. Line number begins at 1; it can also be a negative integer (-1 means the last line, -2 means second last, and so on). N1..N2 is the same as N2..N1.

    Examples:

    • 3 (third line)

    • 1..5 (first to fifth line)

    • 5..1 (first to fifth line)

    • -5..-1 (fifth last to last line)

    • -1..-5 (fifth last to last line)

    • 5..-3 (fifth line to third last)

    • -3..5 (fifth line to third last)

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

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

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-linerange.

BUGS

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

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.

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.