It isn't in any variable, @x.sort got called in sink context. You'll have
to assign it if you want, maybe use @x.=sort ?
I just wanted to give an example of how to solve the problem, not
necessarily a working solution. First of all, I did thinko the solution --
element 6 is [5]... and we don't really need to check the last bits of
time if we're going to do cmp anyway...
@x.=sort: {
my $a = $^x ~~ m:g/\d+/; # extract digit portions in to match object
for each parameter to sort
my $b = $^y ~~ m:g/\d+/; # ditto
$a[5].defined cmp $b[5].defined # this part makes sure we're actually
looking at a timestamp with 6 digit groups
??
$a[3] cmp $b[3] # year
|| $a[1] cmp $b[1] # month
|| $a[2] cmp $b[2] # day
|| $x cmp $y # sort whatever's left
!! $x cmp $y # doesn't have a date stamp, then just string compare
};
The part about placeholders being declarations I didn't know, so hey, I'm
glad I participated.
On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 9:37 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:
> On 06/08/2018 09:25 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote:
>
>> @x.sort: {
>> my $a = $^x ~~ m:g/\d+/;
>> my $b = $^y ~~ m:g/\d+/;
>> $a[6].defined cmp $b[6].defined
>> ??
>> $a[3] cmp $b[3]
>> || $a[1] cmp $b[1]
>> || $a[2] cmp $b[2]
>> || $a[4] cmp $b[4]
>> || $a[5] cmp $b[5]
>> || $a[6] cmp $b[6]
>> || $x cmp $y
>> !! $x cmp $y
>> };
>>
>> This is what I sent before, minus the leading "> " that I'd neglected to
>> remove.
>>
>> Please note the second line does NOT say "my $a = $a ~~ m:g/\d+/;", which
>> is what you had and what produced the error you pasted. I don't know where
>> you got that. Likewise the third line with $b and $^y (where again you had
>> $b instead).
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 12:19 AM ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com
>> <mailto:toddandma...@zoho.com>> wrote:
>>
>> On 06/08/2018 09:16 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote:
>> > You didn't use what I sent. It's $^x and $^y, not $a and $b.
>>
>> I am lost. Would you mind writing it out for me?
>>
>
> $ ls | perl6 -e 'my @x=slurp(); say @x.sort: {my $a = $^x ~~ m:g/\d+/;my
> $b = $^y ~~ m:g/\d+/; $a[6].defined cmp $b[6].defined ?? $a[3] cmp $b[3]
> || $a[1] cmp $b[1] || $a[2] cmp $b[2] || $a[4] cmp $b[4] || $a[5] cmp
> $b[5] || $a[6] cmp $b[6] || $x cmp $y !! $x cmp $y};'
> (cimtrak.log.06-08-2018_16:07:39.zip
> cimtrak.log.06-08-2018_17:07:39.zip
> cimtrak.log.07-08-2018_06:07:39.zip
> cimtrak.log.07-08-2018_16:07:39.zip
> cimtrak.log.12-08-2016_06:07:39.zip
> )
>
>
> :'(
>
