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App-PickArgs-0.001
/ App::PickArgs

NAME

App::PickArgs - Pick one or more items from command-line arguments

VERSION

This document describes version 0.001 of App::PickArgs (from Perl distribution App-PickArgs), released on 2025-05-22.

SYNOPSIS

See command-line included in this distribution: pick-args.

FUNCTIONS

pick_args

Usage:

pick_args(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]

Pick one or more items from command-line arguments.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • allow_duplicates => bool (default: 0)

    (No description)

  • args => array[str]

    (No description)

  • num_items => int (default: 1)

    If there are fewer command-line arguments than the requested number of items, then will only return as many items as available.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional metadata.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-PickArgs.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-PickArgs.

SEE ALSO

Data::Unixish::pick. This is for picking random lines from input. Can be invoked from the command-line using:

% dux pick ...

Acme::CPANModules::PickingRandomItemsFromList. List of Perl modules to pick random items from a list.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

% prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2025 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-PickArgs

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.