RE: String to array problem

[Mark Devine]

T,

my $x = 'ls -al "Program Files" "Moe Curly Larry"';
my @y = ~($x ~~ m:global/ [ '"' <-[ " ]> * '"' | \S+ ] /);

Mark Devine

-----Original Message-----
From: ToddAndMargo [mailto:toddandma...@zoho.com] 
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 7:41 PM
To: perl6-users <perl6-us...@perl.org>
Subject: String to array problem

Hi All,

I have been scratching my head trying to figure out how to turn a string with 
quotes in it into an array.

my $x='ls -al "Program Files" "Moe Curly Larry"';

Desired result:
my @y;
    $y[0] = 'ls';
    $y[1] = '-la';
    $y[2] = 'Program Files';
    $y[3] = 'Moe Curly Larry';

Any words of wisdom?

Many thanks,
-T