class Allomorph is Str { }

The Allomorph class is a common parent class for Raku's dual value types: ComplexStr, IntStr, NumStr, RatStr.

The dual value types (often referred to as allomorphs) allow for the representation of a value as both a string and a numeric type. Typically they will be created for you when the context is "stringy" but they can be determined to be numbers, such as in some quoting constructs:

my $c = <42+0i>;  say $c.^name# OUTPUT: «ComplexStr␤» 
my $i = <42>;     say $i.^name# OUTPUT: «IntStr␤» 
my $n = <42.1e0>say $n.^name# OUTPUT: «NumStr␤» 
my $r = <42.1>;   say $r.^name# OUTPUT: «RatStr␤»

As a subclass of both a Numeric class and Str, via the Allomorph class, an allomorph will be accepted where either is expected. However, an allomorph does not share object identity with its Numeric parent class- or Str-only variants:

my ($complex-str$int-str$num-str$rat-str)
           = < 42+0i 42 42e10 42.1 >;
 
my (Complex $complexInt $intNum $numRat $rat)
           =  $complex-str$int-str$num-str$rat-str;  # OK! 
 
my Str @strings
           =  $complex-str$int-str$num-str$rat-str;  # OK! 
 
# ∈ operator cares about object identity 
say 42+0i  < 42+0i 42 42e10 42.1 >;  # OUTPUT: «False␤» 
say 42     < 42+0i 42 42e10 42.1 >;  # OUTPUT: «False␤» 
say 42e10  < 42+0i 42 42e10 42.1 >;  # OUTPUT: «False␤» 
say 42.1   < 42+0i 42 42e10 42.1 >;  # OUTPUT: «False␤» 

Please see the Numerics page for a more complete description on how to work with these allomorphs.

Methods§

method ACCEPTS§

multi method ACCEPTS(Allomorph:D: Any:D \a)

If the a parameter is Numeric (including another allomorph), checks if invocant's Numeric value ACCEPTS a. If the a parameter is Str, checks if invocant's Str value ACCEPTS a. If the a parameter is anything else, checks if both Numeric and Str values of the invocant ACCEPTS a.

say "5.0" ~~ <5># OUTPUT: «False␤» 
say 5.0   ~~ <5># OUTPUT: «True␤» 
say <5.0> ~~ <5># OUTPUT: «True␤»

method Bool§

multi method Bool(::?CLASS:D:)

Returns False if the invocant is numerically 0, otherwise returns True. The Str value of the invocant is not considered.

Note: For the Allomorph subclass RatStr also see Rational.Bool.

method chomp§

method chomp(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Str.chomp on the invocant's Str value.

method chop§

method chop(Allomorph:D: |c)

Calls Str.chop on the invocant's Str value.

method comb§

method comb(Allomorph:D: |c)

Calls Str.comb on the invocant's Str value.

method fc§

method fc(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Str.fc on the invocant's Str value.

method flip§

method flip(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Str.flip on the invocant's Str value.

method lc§

method lc(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Str.lc on the invocant's Str value.

method pred§

method pred(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Numeric.pred on the invocant's numeric value.

method raku§

multi method raku(Allomorph:D:)

Return a representation of the object that can be used via EVAL to reconstruct the value of the object.

method samecase§

method samecase(Allomorph:D: |c)

Calls Str.samecase on the invocant's Str value.

method samemark§

method samemark(Allomorph:D: |c)

Calls Str.samemark on the invocant's Str value.

method split§

method split(Allomorph:D: |c)

Calls Str.split on the invocant's Str value.

method Str§

method Str(Allomorph:D:)

Returns the Str value of the invocant.

method subst§

method subst(Allomorph:D: |c)

Calls Str.subst on the invocant's Str value.

method subst-mutate§

method subst-mutate(Allomorph:D \SELF: |c)

Calls Str.subst-mutate on the invocant's Str value.

method substr§

method substr(Allomorph:D: |c)

Calls Str.substr on the invocant's Str value.

method substr-rw§

method substr-rw(Allomorph:D \SELF: $start = 0$want = Whatever)

Calls Str.substr-rw on the invocant's Str value.

method succ§

method succ(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Numeric.succ on the invocant's numeric value.

method tc§

method tc(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Str.tc on the invocant's Str value.

method tclc§

method tclc(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Str.tclc on the invocant's Str value.

method trim§

method trim(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Str.trim on the invocant's Str value.

method trim-leading§

method trim-leading(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Str.trim-leading on the invocant's Str value.

method trim-trailing§

method trim-trailing(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Str.trim-trailing on the invocant's Str value.

method uc§

method uc(Allomorph:D:)

Calls Str.uc on the invocant's Str value.

method WHICH§

multi method WHICH(Allomorph:D:)

Returns an object of type ValueObjAt which uniquely identifies the object.

my $f = <42.1e0>;
say $f.WHICH;     # OUTPUT: «NumStr|Num|42.1|Str|42.1e0␤»

Operators§

infix cmp§

multi sub infix:<cmp>(Allomorph:D $aAllomorph:D $b)

Compare two Allomorph objects. The comparison is done on the Numeric value first and then on the Str value. If you want to compare in a different order then you would coerce to an Numeric or Str value first:

my $f = IntStr.new(42"smaller");
my $g = IntStr.new(43"larger");
say $f cmp $g;          # OUTPUT: «Less␤» 
say $f.Str cmp $g.Str;  # OUTPUT: «More␤»

infix eqv§

multi sub infix:<eqv>(Allomorph:D $aAllomorph:D $b --> Bool:D)

Returns True if the two Allomorph $a and $b are of the same type, their Numeric values are equivalent and their Str values are also equivalent. Returns False otherwise.

Typegraph§

Type relations for Allomorph
raku-type-graph Allomorph Allomorph Str Str Allomorph->Str Mu Mu Any Any Any->Mu Cool Cool Cool->Any Stringy Stringy Str->Cool Str->Stringy Numeric Numeric Real Real Real->Numeric Int Int Int->Cool Int->Real IntStr IntStr IntStr->Allomorph IntStr->Int Complex Complex Complex->Cool Complex->Numeric ComplexStr ComplexStr ComplexStr->Allomorph ComplexStr->Complex Rational Rational Rational->Real Rat Rat Rat->Cool Rat->Rational RatStr RatStr RatStr->Allomorph RatStr->Rat Num Num Num->Cool Num->Real NumStr NumStr NumStr->Allomorph NumStr->Num

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