NAME
Permute::Named - permute multiple-valued key-value pairs
VERSION
version 1.100980
SYNOPSIS
use Permute::Named;
my @p = permute_named(bool => [ 0, 1 ], x => [qw(foo bar baz)]);
for (@p) {
some_setup() if $_->{bool};
other_setup($_->{x});
# ... now maybe do some tests ...
}FUNCTIONS
permute_named
Takes a list of key-specification pairs where the specifications can be references to arrays of possible actual values. It then permutes all key-specification combinations and returns the resulting list of permutations.
The function expects the pairs as an array, an array reference or a hash reference. The benefit of passing it as an array or array reference is that you can specify the order in which the permutations will take place - the final specification will be processed first, then the next-to-last specification and so on. Any other type of reference causes it to die. An uneven-sized list of elements - indicating that one key won't have a specification - also causes it to die. The resulting permutation list is return as an array in list context or as a reference to an array in scalar context.
Each specification can be a scalar or a reference to an array of possible values.
Example 1:
permute_named(bool => [ 0, 1 ], x => [qw(foo bar baz)])returns:
[ { bool => 0, x => 'foo' },
{ bool => 0, x => 'bar' },
{ bool => 0, x => 'baz' },
{ bool => 1, x => 'foo' },
{ bool => 1, x => 'bar' },
{ bool => 1, x => 'baz' },
]The following call is equivalent to the call above:
permute_named([ bool => [ 0, 1 ], x => [qw(foo bar baz)] ])Passing the key-specification pairs as a hash reference also works, but does not guarantee the permutation order:
permute_named({ bool => [ 0, 1 ], x => [qw(foo bar baz)] })Example 2:
permute_named(foo => 1, bar => 2)just returns the one permutation:
[ { foo => 1, bar => 2 } ]The permute_named() function has been useful in making sure that tests work for all combinations of settings, as shown in the synopsis.
INSTALLATION
See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Permute-Named.
AVAILABILITY
The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ to find a CPAN site near you, or see http://search.cpan.org/dist/Permute-Named/.
AUTHOR
Marcel Gruenauer <marcel@cpan.org>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Marcel Gruenauer.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.