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 $complex, Int $int, Num $num, Rat $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 $a, Allomorph: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 $a, Allomorph: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.