NAME LINQ - an interpretation of Microsoft's Language Integrated Query SYNOPSIS use feature qw( say ); use LINQ qw( LINQ )'; my $double_even_numbers = LINQ( [ 1 .. 100 ] ) ->where( sub { $_ % 2 == 0 } ) ->select( sub { $_ * 2 } ); for my $n ( $double_even_numbers->to_list ) { say $n; } DESCRIPTION LINQ is basically an application of SQL concepts to arrays and iterators. Hopefully this implementation will eventually cover other data types like SQL tables, XML and JSON data, etc. Not much is documented yet, but the test suite includes numerous examples of LINQ's usage. FUNCTIONS The `LINQ`, `Range`, and `Repeat` functions return LINQ collections, objects implementing the LINQ::Collection interface. The `LINQ::END()` and `LINQ::LAST()` functions are used as signals to control LINQ's iterators and loops. Additional utility functions can be found in LINQ::Util. `LINQ( SOURCE )` Creates a LINQ collection from a source. The source may be an existing LINQ collection, which will be returned as-is, an arrayref of items, or a coderef which will be called in scalar context and expected to return a single item each time it is called. It should return the special value `LINQ::END()` to indicate that the end of the collection has been reached. `LINQ` may be exported, but is not exported by default. `Range( MIN, MAX )` Returns a LINQ collection containing the range of numbers from MIN to MAX. If MIN is undef, it is treated as 0. If MAX is undef, it is treated as positive infinity. If you want a range from 0 to negative infinity, use: my $below_zero = Range( 0, undef )->select( sub { -$_ } ); `Range` may be exported, but is not exported by default. `Repeat( VALUE, COUNT )` Returns a LINQ collection containing the same value multiple times. If COUNT is undef, then it is treated as infinity. `Repeat` may be exported, but is not exported by default. `END()` Returns the special value `LINQ::END()`. `END` may be exported, but is not exported by default, and I recommend calling it by its fully qualified name for clarity. `LAST()` Used by the `foreach` method of LINQ::Collection. If called otherwise, will die. HISTORY I wrote this back in 2014, but never released it. After a discussion about how nice it would be to have a programming language which used SQL concepts natively, eliminating the need to "map" between how your application handled data and how your database handled data, I remembered this. So I thought I'd push what I had so far onto CPAN and maybe think about reviving it. BUGS Please report any bugs to . SEE ALSO LINQ::Collection, LINQ::Util, LINQ::Exception. AUTHOR Toby Inkster . COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE This software is copyright (c) 2014, 2021 by Toby Inkster. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.