You have two problems:
(1) matches start from 0, not 1.
(2) .* gobbles as much as possible (this is also true in Perl 5) so it
matches to the ) at the end of (Sub|63218616). As in Perl 5, you add a ? to
make it take the shortest match instead:
#!/usr/bin/perl6
my $x='sub Test () { #`(Sub|63218616) ... }';
$x ~~ m/sub (.*?) \(/;
say "$x\n$0";
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 10:46 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
> Just as soon as I think I understand it, a little
> humility fall into my lap!
>
> <code>
> #!/usr/bin/perl6
> my $x='sub Test () { #`(Sub|63218616) ... }';
> $x ~~ m/sub (.*) \(/;
> say "$x\n$1";
> </code>
>
> $ WhoTest2.pl6
> Use of Nil in string context
> in block <unit> at ./WhoTest2.pl6 line 4
> sub Test () { #`(Sub|63218616) ... }
>
>
> This is what I want to do. "sub " will
> always be repeated and have a space after it.
>
> " (" will always be repeated and have a space before
> it.
>
> I want what occurs between "sub " and " ("
>
> What am I doing wrong? This time?
>
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
>
>
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