you want a negative lookahead assertion, which are described (with an example) at https://docs.perl6.org/language/regexes#Lookahead_Assertions
On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 3:10 AM, 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. >
