To interpolate a variable as a regex instead of as a string literal, you
need to wrap it in < >.
On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 4:09 AM ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:
> On 09/15/2018 12:42 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am truing to use a variable inside a regex.
> >
> > This work (without the variable):
> > $ p6 'my $x="6937-2.2.19882.exe"; if $x ~~ m/ .*? <<:\N**4>> "-"
> > (.*?) ".exe" / {say "yes";}'
> > yes
> >
> > I want to turn `<<:\N**4>>` into a variable:
> >
> >
> > $ p6 'my $x="6937-2.2.19882.exe"; my $i="<<:\\N**4>>"; if $x ~~ m/
> > .*? $i "-" (.*?) ".exe" / {say "yes";}else{say "No"}; say "$i";'
> >
> > No
> > <<:\N**4>>
> >
> > The double \\ is to get it past bash
> >
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > -T
>
> never mind. It got just a bit too goofy. I switched
> to .contains and sent myself a tag as to when the
> first bunch was a random 4 digit number.
>
>
>
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