We use the gather/take structure.

A gather block builds a list using take statements. Each take adds one element to the list. The gather block returns the complete list.

A gather block operates with dynamic scope, so the take statements may be in another subroutine.

• for @t -> $t

iterates over @t, placing each element in turn in $t

• ~~

is the smart match operator. Here we use it to check the type of $t. we could have said $t.isa(Array) instead.

Specification

P07 (**) Flatten a nested array structure.
       Transform an array, possibly holding arrays as elements into a `flat'
       list by replacing each array with its elements (recursively).

Example

> splat([1,[2,[3,4],5]]).perl.say;
    (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

use v6;



sub _splat(@t) {
    for @t -> $t {
        if $t ~~ Array { _splat($t) }
        else           { take $t }
    }
}

sub splat (@t) { gather _splat(@t) }

splat([1, [2,[3,4], 5]]).list.perl.say;

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