Yes, copy and paste error on the last code snippet. say "Yes" if "2018 xJul 7" ~~ m/j :i ul/;
Cheers, Laurent. Le lun. 10 sept. 2018 à 16:54, yary <not....@gmail.com> a écrit : > > say "Yes" if "2018 xJul 7" ~~ m:i/j :i ul/; > you mean > > say "Yes" if "2018 xJul 7" ~~ m/j :i ul/; > > m/.../ - not m:i at the start! > > -y > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 4:54 AM, Laurent Rosenfeld via perl6-users < > perl6-users@perl.org> wrote: > >> Hi Todd, >> >> you may use: >> >> say "Yes" if "2018 xJul 7" ~~ /:i jul/; >> >> or: >> >> say "Yes" if "2018 xJul 7" ~~ m:i/jul/; >> >> In the second case, the adverb will apply to the whole pattern. In the >> first case, it will start to apply from the point where the adverb is. In >> this specific example, those two code samples will be equivalent since the >> adverb is at the beginning of the pattern. But it would make a difference >> if the adverb is somewhere else within the pattern. For example, this would >> fail: >> >> say "Yes" if "2018 xJul 7" ~~ m:i/j :i ul/; >> >> because the ignore case adverb would apply only on the 'ul' characters of >> the pattern, but not on the 'j'. >> >> More on adverbs in regexes: >> https://docs.perl6.org/language/regexes#Adverbs >> >> Cheers, >> Laurent. >> >> >> Le lun. 10 sept. 2018 à 00:00, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> a >> écrit : >> >>> On 09/08/2018 12:23 PM, Laurent Rosenfeld via perl6-users wrote: >>> > Using the fc method is certainly a good way to do case insensitive >>> > string comparisons, but you may at this point also use a regex with >>> the >>> > :i (ignore case) adverb. >>> > >>> > > if "2018 xJul 7" ~~ /:i jul/ {say "Yes";} >>> > Yes >>> > >>> >>> Hi Laurent, >>> >>> Thank you! Another weapon in my tool box! >>> >>> Question: this confused me when I first look at it. I am use to >>> the ":x" command being outside the first "/". For instance >>> s:g/ >>> >>> What are the rules for what goes inside and what goes outside? >>> >>> Also, do y have a link to what the various ":x" commands are >>> that I can use? >>> >>> I generally prefer to use "contains", "starts-with", and >>> "ends-with" when the string is full of trash that regex needs >>> to escape. For example: >>> >>> if $Line.contains( '<h1>HWiNFO <span class="modraDownload2">' & '</span> >>> Installer</h1>' ) { >>> >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> -T >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. >>> -- Charles Varlet de La Grange >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >> >
