Smart Matching
Explore the use of Perl's smart match operator to perform context-sensitive comparisons between scalars, arrays, hashes, and regex patterns. Learn when and how to use it effectively for clear and concise matching, while understanding its experimental nature and limitations to avoid confusion.
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Smart match operator
The smart match operator, ~~, compares two operands and returns a true value if they match. The type of comparison depends on the type of both operands. given-when performs an implicit smart match.
This feature is experimental. The details of the current design are complex and unwieldy, and no proposal ...