NAME ==== P5reset - Implement Perl's reset() built-in SYNOPSIS ======== use P5reset; reset("a"); # reset all "our" variables starting with "a" reset("a-z"); # reset all "our" variables starting with lowercase letter reset; # does not reset any variables DESCRIPTION =========== This module tries to mimic the behaviour of the `reset` function of Perl as closely as possible. ORIGINAL PERL DOCUMENTATION =========================== reset EXPR reset Generally used in a "continue" block at the end of a loop to clear variables and reset "??" searches so that they work again. The expression is interpreted as a list of single characters (hyphens allowed for ranges). All variables and arrays beginning with one of those letters are reset to their pristine state. If the expression is omitted, one-match searches ("?pattern?") are reset to match again. Only resets variables or searches in the current package. Always returns 1. Examples: reset 'X'; # reset all X variables reset 'a-z'; # reset lower case variables reset; # just reset ?one-time? searches Resetting "A-Z" is not recommended because you'll wipe out your @ARGV and @INC arrays and your %ENV hash. Resets only package variables; lexical variables are unaffected, but they clean themselves up on scope exit anyway, so you'll probably want to use them instead. See "my". PORTING CAVEATS =============== Since Raku doesn't have the concept of `?one time searches?`, the no-argument form of `reset` will not reset any variables at all. AUTHOR ====== Elizabeth Mattijsen Source can be located at: https://github.com/lizmat/P5reset . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ===================== Copyright 2018-2019 Elizabeth Mattijsen Re-imagined from Perl as part of the CPAN Butterfly Plan. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.