Careful :-)
You're actually closing the single quote you​started with perl6 -e. In
other words, this is your Shell's doing.
You can execute this as a script with single quote around string literals
with no issues
Streetcars
On May 3, 2017 10:27, "ToddAndMargo" <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Why does this work
>
> $ perl6 -e 'my $x="abcdef"; if $x.contains( "abc" ) { say "yes" } else {
> say "no" };'
> yes
>
>
> And this does not?
>
> $ perl6 -e 'my $x="abcdef"; if $x.contains( 'abc' ) { say "yes" } else {
> say "no" };'
> ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
> Undeclared routine:
> abc used at line 1. Did you mean 'abs'?
>
> Why can I not use 'abc' and must use "abc"?
>
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
>
>
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> Yesterday it worked.
> Today it is not working.
> Windows is like that.
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