\d and <digit> both match Unicode characters as well.
If that's not the intention then it's best to be explicit.
die("Horribly") unless "9.b1" ~~ / <[0-9]+> % '.' /;
Typing from my phone so unable to test the above***
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 12:56 AM ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> If there are any letter in the string, I want it to fail
>
>
>
> $ p6 'my $x="9.0v1"; if $x~~/<+alnum>-[<alpha>]>/ {say "Y";}'
> ===SORRY!===
> Unrecognized regex metacharacter - (must be quoted to match literally)
> at -e:1
> ------> my $x="9.0v1"; if $x~~/<+alnum>⏏-[<alpha>]>/ {say "Y";}
> Unable to parse regex; couldn't find final '/'
> at -e:1
> ------> my $x="9.0v1"; if $x~~/<+alnum>-⏏[<alpha>]>/ {say "Y";}
>
>
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
>
