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[](https://github.com/lizmat/are/actions) NAME ==== are - produce the common type / role of a list of objects SYNOPSIS ======== ```raku use are; say are 1,1.2,pi; # (Real) say (1,1.2,pi,i).&are; # (Numeric) say (1,"one").&are; # (Cool) say are DateTime.now, Date.today); # (Dateish) ``` DESCRIPTION =========== The `are` subroutine (the only subroutine exported by this module) returns the most common class or role from a list of objects. It was introduced in Rakudo release 2022.01 as a method on `Any`. It is provided here to allow the functionality to be used with older versions of Rakudo. AUTHOR ====== Elizabeth Mattijsen <[email protected]> Source can be located at: https://github.com/lizmat/are . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome. 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! COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ===================== Copyright 2022 Elizabeth Mattijsen This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.