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  # NAME
  
  Raku port of Perl's reset() built-in
  
  # SYNOPSIS
  
  ```
  use P5reset;
  
  reset("a");   # reset all "our" variables starting with "a"
  
  reset("a-z"); # reset all "our" variables starting with lowercase letter
  
  reset;        # does not reset any variables
  
  ```
  
  # DESCRIPTION
  
  This module tries to mimic the behaviour of Perl's `reset` built-in as closely as possible in the Raku Programming Language.
  
  # ORIGINAL PERL DOCUMENTATION
  
  ```
  reset EXPR
  reset   Generally used in a "continue" block at the end of a loop to clear
          variables and reset "??" searches so that they work again. The
          expression is interpreted as a list of single characters (hyphens
          allowed for ranges). All variables and arrays beginning with one
          of those letters are reset to their pristine state. If the
          expression is omitted, one-match searches ("?pattern?") are reset
          to match again. Only resets variables or searches in the current
          package. Always returns 1. Examples:
  
              reset 'X';      # reset all X variables
              reset 'a-z';    # reset lower case variables
              reset;          # just reset ?one-time? searches
  
          Resetting "A-Z" is not recommended because you'll wipe out your
          @ARGV and @INC arrays and your %ENV hash. Resets only package
          variables; lexical variables are unaffected, but they clean
          themselves up on scope exit anyway, so you'll probably want to use
          them instead. See "my".
  
  ```
  
  # PORTING CAVEATS
  
  Since Raku doesn't have the concept of `?one time searches?`, the no-argument form of `reset` will not reset any variables at all.
  
  # AUTHOR
  
  Elizabeth Mattijsen [liz@raku.rocks](mailto:liz@raku.rocks)
  
  If you like this module, or what I’m doing more generally, committing to a [small sponsorship](https://github.com/sponsors/lizmat/) would mean a great deal to me!
  
  Source can be located at: <https://github.com/lizmat/P5reset> . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
  
  # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
  
  Copyright 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 Elizabeth Mattijsen
  
  Re-imagined from Perl as part of the CPAN Butterfly Plan.
  
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.
  