any

True if the block returns true for at least one element.

Synopsis

my $bool = any { BLOCK } @list;
if ( any { length > 10 } @strings ) { ... }

For each element any sets $_ to that element and calls the block in scalar context. It returns true as soon as the block returns true for any element, without examining the rest. For an empty list it returns false.

What you get back

1 if any element satisfied the block, 0 otherwise.

Examples

warn "has empty"   if any { $_ eq '' } @values;
die  "has admin"   if any { $_->is_admin } @users;
my $ok = any { /^--help$/ } @ARGV;

Differences from upstream

Fully compatible with upstream.

See also

• all — require every element to match.

• none — require no element to match.

• first — return the matching element itself.