Pipes and Chaining

The pipe operator `|` passes the result of the left side as the first argument to the right side. Instead of nesting function calls, you chain them left to right — like a Unix pipeline.

-- Without pipes (nested calls):
print(len(words("hello world")))

-- With pipes:
"hello world" | words | len | print

Pipes really shine when transforming collections. You can chain operations into a readable pipeline that flows top to bottom.

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
	| where even
	| map ? * 3
	| sum
	| print

You can pipe into any function — builtins, your own functions, or even lambdas. The piped value always becomes the first argument.

let exclaim = s -> s + "!"

"hello" | upper | exclaim | print

-- Equivalent to: print(exclaim(upper("hello")))

Some functions take extra arguments after the piped value. For example, `split` takes a separator, and `take` takes a count.

"one,two,three,four" | split "," | take 2 | print

[10, 20, 30, 40, 50] | skip 2 | print