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Task/Variables/Raku/variables-1.raku

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+my @y = <A B C D>; # Array of strings 'A', 'B', 'C', and 'D'
+say @y[2]; # the @-sigil requires the container to implement the role Positional
+@y[1,2] = 'x','y'; # that's where subscripts and many other things come from
+say @y; # OUTPUT«[A x y D]␤» # we start to count at 0 btw.
+
+my $x = @y; # $x is now a reference for the array @y
+
+say $x[1]; # prints 'x' followed by a newline character
+
+my Int $with-type-check; # type checks are enforced by the compiler
+
+my Int:D $defined-i = 10; # definedness can also be asked for and default values are required in that case
+
+my Int:D $after-midnight where * > 24 = 25; # SQL is fun and so is Raku
+
+my \bad = 'good'; # if you don't like sigils
+say bad; # you don't have to use them
+say "this is quite bad"; # but then string interpolation
+say "this is quite {bad}" # becomes more wordy

Task/Variables/Raku/variables-2.raku

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+say ++$; # this is an anonymous state variable
+say ++$; # this is a different anonymous state variable, prefix:<++> forces it into numerical context and defaults it to 0
+say $+=2 for 1..10; # here we do something useful with another anonymous variable
+
+sub foo { $^a * $^b } # for positional arguments we often can't be bothered to declare them or to give them fancy names
+say foo 3, 4;