55. Sum of the elements of an array

Find the sum of the elements of an array of integers.

There is an array of integers:

my @a = (4, 6, 8, 1, 0, 58, 1, 34, 7, 4, 2);

There is no need to explicitly iterate over the elements to calculate the sum of its elements. Rather use the reduction operator:

say [+] @a;

Any reduction operator takes a list of values and inserts the actual operator between them.

For example, to get the sum of all the elements that are greater than 10, grep the initial array and apply [+] to it:

say [+] grep {$_ > 10}, @a; # Prints 92

If you prefer more unreadable syntax, the reduction operation can be spelled down wordier:

say reduce &infix:<+>, @a; # Prints 125

This gives the same result as say [+] @a, which is the better choice in most cases.

Here’s another simple solution using the sum method:

my @a = (4, 6, 8, 1, 0, 58, 1, 34, 7, 4, 2);
say @a.sum(); # Also 125

Chose whatever approach you like the most.

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