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Solution: Force a number

Here is a possible solution to the task.

Code

my @a = 1, 2, 3;
say +@a;

🦋 You can find the source code in the file force-a-number.raku.

Output

3

Comments

1. The + prefix forces numeric context.

2. In numeric context, an array becomes its element count, so the result is 3.

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