Perl 6 Quick Syntax Reference: A Pocket Guide to the Language, the Core Modules, and the Community

© J.J. Merelo 2019

J. MereloPerl 6 Quick Syntax Referencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4956-7_4

4. Expressions and Operators

Understanding Simple Expressions and How They Are Built

J. J. Merelo¹ 

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Once you know how to enter basic data into Perl 6, the next natural step is to build expressions with them. This is what you will learn in this chapter, where, as in the previous one, code and expressions can be typed in the REPL and the result will be printed on the next line if there’s no error, as shown in Figure 4-1.

Figure 4-1

Typing an expression into the REPL, which returns the evaluated value

Basic Expressions

Basic expressions are ...