Hi Todd, I tried to match a single string to begin with:
my $x = '"7" ab"'; $x ~~ s:g/ (.) \" <!before \, || $> /inches($0)/; say $x; # "inches(7) ab" On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:11 PM Todd Chester <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > What I am trying to do is to replace a quote `"` > with `inches`, but NOT when the quote is followed > by a comma `,`. > > In other words, ignore `",` > > I am not having too good a time with it. What am I > doing wrong? > > $ perl6 -e 'my $x=qw["44","7" ab","","999"]; say > "$x";$x~~s:g/\"(.)<-[,]>/ inches($0)/; say "$x";' > > "44","7" ab","","999" > inches(4)inches(,)7inches( )binches(,)inches(,)999" > > desired output: > "44","7 inches ab","","999" > > Many thanks, > -T > > next step, ignoring the quote at the end of the line. > -- Fernando Santagata
