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Creating an enum from its name not value



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Given the enumeration



enum NATO (:alpha<A>, :bravo<B>, :charlie<C>, :delta<D>);


it's possible to easily set a variable by literally typing one of the names, or by passing one of the values to the enum object:



my $a = alpha;
my $b = NATO('B');

say $a; # ↪︎ alpha
say $b; # ↪︎ bravo
say $a.value; # ↪︎ A
say $b.value; # ↪︎ B


Besides using EVAL and given a Str that corresponds to one of the enums, how could I create $c to be an enum value equivalent to charlie?



my $x = 'charlie';
my $c = ...









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    7















    Given the enumeration



    enum NATO (:alpha<A>, :bravo<B>, :charlie<C>, :delta<D>);


    it's possible to easily set a variable by literally typing one of the names, or by passing one of the values to the enum object:



    my $a = alpha;
    my $b = NATO('B');

    say $a; # ↪︎ alpha
    say $b; # ↪︎ bravo
    say $a.value; # ↪︎ A
    say $b.value; # ↪︎ B


    Besides using EVAL and given a Str that corresponds to one of the enums, how could I create $c to be an enum value equivalent to charlie?



    my $x = 'charlie';
    my $c = ...









    share|improve this question
























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      Given the enumeration



      enum NATO (:alpha<A>, :bravo<B>, :charlie<C>, :delta<D>);


      it's possible to easily set a variable by literally typing one of the names, or by passing one of the values to the enum object:



      my $a = alpha;
      my $b = NATO('B');

      say $a; # ↪︎ alpha
      say $b; # ↪︎ bravo
      say $a.value; # ↪︎ A
      say $b.value; # ↪︎ B


      Besides using EVAL and given a Str that corresponds to one of the enums, how could I create $c to be an enum value equivalent to charlie?



      my $x = 'charlie';
      my $c = ...









      share|improve this question














      Given the enumeration



      enum NATO (:alpha<A>, :bravo<B>, :charlie<C>, :delta<D>);


      it's possible to easily set a variable by literally typing one of the names, or by passing one of the values to the enum object:



      my $a = alpha;
      my $b = NATO('B');

      say $a; # ↪︎ alpha
      say $b; # ↪︎ bravo
      say $a.value; # ↪︎ A
      say $b.value; # ↪︎ B


      Besides using EVAL and given a Str that corresponds to one of the enums, how could I create $c to be an enum value equivalent to charlie?



      my $x = 'charlie';
      my $c = ...






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          You can use indirect name lookup:



          enum NATO (:alpha<A>, :bravo<B>, :charlie<C>);
          my $x = 'charlie';
          my $c = ::($x);
          say $c.value;





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            Thanks! (I figured with docs being offline it was a good time to start posting questions on SO)

            – guifa
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          You can treat it as a Hash:



          my $c = NATO::$x;





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          • Ah, I needed the double colon. I definitely had tried just using the NATO$x to no avail. Thanks for a great alternate answer (it's longer than @ugexe 's, but for situations where ::($x) won't make it obvious what's going on, Foo::$x will make it crystal clear.

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          You can use indirect name lookup:



          enum NATO (:alpha<A>, :bravo<B>, :charlie<C>);
          my $x = 'charlie';
          my $c = ::($x);
          say $c.value;





          share|improve this answer


















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            Thanks! (I figured with docs being offline it was a good time to start posting questions on SO)

            – guifa
            4 hours ago















          5














          You can use indirect name lookup:



          enum NATO (:alpha<A>, :bravo<B>, :charlie<C>);
          my $x = 'charlie';
          my $c = ::($x);
          say $c.value;





          share|improve this answer


















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            Thanks! (I figured with docs being offline it was a good time to start posting questions on SO)

            – guifa
            4 hours ago













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          You can use indirect name lookup:



          enum NATO (:alpha<A>, :bravo<B>, :charlie<C>);
          my $x = 'charlie';
          my $c = ::($x);
          say $c.value;





          share|improve this answer













          You can use indirect name lookup:



          enum NATO (:alpha<A>, :bravo<B>, :charlie<C>);
          my $x = 'charlie';
          my $c = ::($x);
          say $c.value;






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            – guifa
            4 hours ago







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          Thanks! (I figured with docs being offline it was a good time to start posting questions on SO)

          – guifa
          4 hours ago





          Thanks! (I figured with docs being offline it was a good time to start posting questions on SO)

          – guifa
          4 hours ago













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          You can treat it as a Hash:



          my $c = NATO::$x;





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          • Ah, I needed the double colon. I definitely had tried just using the NATO$x to no avail. Thanks for a great alternate answer (it's longer than @ugexe 's, but for situations where ::($x) won't make it obvious what's going on, Foo::$x will make it crystal clear.

            – guifa
            4 hours ago















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          You can treat it as a Hash:



          my $c = NATO::$x;





          share|improve this answer























          • Ah, I needed the double colon. I definitely had tried just using the NATO$x to no avail. Thanks for a great alternate answer (it's longer than @ugexe 's, but for situations where ::($x) won't make it obvious what's going on, Foo::$x will make it crystal clear.

            – guifa
            4 hours ago













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          my $c = NATO::$x;





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          my $c = NATO::$x;






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          • Ah, I needed the double colon. I definitely had tried just using the NATO$x to no avail. Thanks for a great alternate answer (it's longer than @ugexe 's, but for situations where ::($x) won't make it obvious what's going on, Foo::$x will make it crystal clear.

            – guifa
            4 hours ago

















          • Ah, I needed the double colon. I definitely had tried just using the NATO$x to no avail. Thanks for a great alternate answer (it's longer than @ugexe 's, but for situations where ::($x) won't make it obvious what's going on, Foo::$x will make it crystal clear.

            – guifa
            4 hours ago
















          Ah, I needed the double colon. I definitely had tried just using the NATO$x to no avail. Thanks for a great alternate answer (it's longer than @ugexe 's, but for situations where ::($x) won't make it obvious what's going on, Foo::$x will make it crystal clear.

          – guifa
          4 hours ago





          Ah, I needed the double colon. I definitely had tried just using the NATO$x to no avail. Thanks for a great alternate answer (it's longer than @ugexe 's, but for situations where ::($x) won't make it obvious what's going on, Foo::$x will make it crystal clear.

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