AAT::Utils(3)

💖 AAT::Utils — the AAT Utils module, bestie edition 💖

okay so. this is AAT::Utils, a lil Perl module from the AAT Utils family, and it lives in section 3 of the manual (AAT::Utils(3)). it's a grab-bag of tiny helper functions that do the "wait why is this one line of code so annoying" jobs for you. no cap, it's giving utility belt. 🦋

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✨ FUNCTIONS ✨

🎀 ARRAY($value)

converts $value into an array. the whole vibe is just

@{$value}

slay. array acquired. 💅

🎀 ARRAY_REF($value)

converts $value into an array reference. literally:

\@{$value}

one backslash and suddenly it's a reference. main character energy. 🔥

🎀 HASH($value)

converts $value into a hash. yes bestie, it's

%{$value}

hashified. periodt. 💜

🎀 HASH_KEYS($value)

hands you the keys for that converted hash $value. underneath it's serving

keys %{$value}

all the keys, no crumbs left. 👑

🎀 NOT_NULL($value)

checks that the value $value is not null — and by null we mean undef or ''. that's the whole test. 🌸

🎀 NULL($value)

the mirror twin 🪞 — checks that the value $value is null, meaning undef or ''. again, those two things and nothing else.

🎀 Now()

returns the current date (like, now now, the actual moment) as an Array in this order:

• YYYY
• MM
• DD
• HH
• MM
• SS

(two MMs bestie, one is months and one is minutes, iykyk 🕰️)

🎀 Now_String()

gets you the actual time as a string in the format "YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM".

Returns:

• $now_string — a string formatted as "YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM"

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Sebastien Thebert <octo.devel@gmail.com> — thank you for your service, king 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was documented for perl v5.22.2, dated 2016-05-04, so it's a little vintage but it still eats 💖✨🎀