On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 02:47:08PM +0100, David Griffiths1 wrote: > Hi, a colleague says that the // operator does not appear to be working: > > $days = $ARGV[0] // 3; > > returns `HPE20846 (Might be a runaway multi-line // string starting on > line 12)` > > This is with version 5.24.
Please show a full script which demonstrates this issue. There might for example be a syntax error earlier which is confusing the parser. -- "There's something wrong with our bloody ships today, Chatfield." -- Admiral Beatty at the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916.