What you really want is to change a quote to "inch" if the quote is not at the start of the line, not preceeded by a comma, not followed by a comma, and not at the end of a line.
> $LabelStr ~~ s:global|"3/4\""|3/4 inch|; But that will only fix inch when it is after 3/4 how about > $_='"6" hand","7" foot","8 10" ' "6" hand","7" foot","8 10" > s:g/(<!before ^> && <!after \, >) \" <!before \, | \s*$ >/ inch/; $_ "6 inch hand","7 inch foot","8 10" I am a bit perplexed at the asymmetry - thought it would work with s:g/<!after ^\s* | \, > \" <!before \, | \s*$ >/ inch/ - I put a question in perl6-language about that. -y
