On 1/11/19 6:49 PM, Brad Gilbert wrote:
$a<a b> is short for $a{'a','b'}This also happens in string literals my $a = { a => 1, b => 2 }; say "$a<a b>"; # 1 2 say "$a{'a','b'}"; # 1 2 A simple way to stop this is to add a backslash my $a = 'b' say "$a\<a b>"; # b<a b> You can also call methods on variables in string literals, as long as you use parentheses. my $a = Date.today; say "$a.year()-$a.month()-$a.day()"; # 2019-1-11 (Note that Date has a .yyyy-mm-dd() method) --- Looking at the message you just added: Perl 6 has a Version type. my $a = Version.new("12.3.4.1"); my $b = Version.new("111.3.4.1"); say $a before $b; # True Also there is syntax for creating a Version literal my $a = v12.3.4.1; my $b = v111.3.4.1; say $a before $b; # True There are useful methods on Versions my $a = v12.3.4.1; say $a.parts.perl; # (12, 3, 4, 1) On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 8:12 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users <perl6-us...@perl.org> wrote:On 1/11/19 5:08 PM, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:Hi All, Now what am I doing wrong? I need to convert the value in a hash to a string: $ p6 'my $x = "acme"; my Str $y; my %Vendors = ( acme => ContactName => "Larry" ); $y= %Vendors<ContactName>; say $y;' Type check failed in assignment to $y; expected Str but got Any (Any) in block <unit> at -e line 1 $ p6 'my $x = "acme"; my Str $y; my %Vendors = ( acme => ContactName => "Larry" ); $y= %Vendors<ContactName>.Str; say $y;' Use of uninitialized value of type Any in string context. Methods .^name, .perl, .gist, or .say can be used to stringify it to something meaningful. in block <unit> at -e line 1 Many thanks, -TFigured out my booboo. I had to change from $PartsStr = "Hi $Manager,<br><br>" ~ "Account Number: <b>$AccountNo</b><br><br>" ~ to $PartsStr = "Hi " ~ $Manager ~ ",<br><br>" ~ "Account Number: <b>" ~ $AccountNo ~ "</b><br><br>" ~
Thank you!
