Here's another solution: my $x=" State : abc "; $x = $x.subst(/.*?" : "/, "").subst(/ " "+ /,""); say "<$x>"; # <abc>
-y On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 3:54 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Question. Can I chain these two substitutions together? > >> > >> $ perl6 -e 'my $x=" State : abc "; $x ~~ s/.*?" : "//; $x ~~ s/" > >> ".*//; say "<$x>";' > >> > >> <abc> > >> > >> Many thanks, > >> -T > > On 09/23/2017 07:58 AM, raiph mellor wrote: > >> You want to do two things: >> >> 1. match/replace something >> >> 2. match/replace something else >> >> To do this in one command you need: >> >> * `:g` to tell P6 to keep going after the first match >> >> * `||` to tell P6 to match what's on the left first, or if that fails, >> what's on the right >> >> Which yields: >> >> my $x=" State : abc "; $x ~~ s:g/.*?" : "||" ".*//; say "<$x>"; # >> <abc> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 1:29 AM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> >> wrote: >> > > Thank you! >
