On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 at 14:57, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:
> I am trying to turn > > 01.02.03 > > into > > 1.2.3 > > What am I doing wrong, this time? > > $ p6 'my $x="01.02.03"; $x ~~ s:global/"0"(\d)/ $0 /; say "$x"' > 1 . 2 . 3 > > The second part of the s/// operator is a string (spaces count), not a regex (spaces ignored). > my $x="01.02.03"; $x ~~ s:global/"0"(\d)/$0/; say "$x" 1.2.3 -- Norman Gaywood, Computer Systems Officer School of Science and Technology University of New England Armidale NSW 2351, Australia ngayw...@une.edu.au http://turing.une.edu.au/~ngaywood Phone: +61 (0)2 6773 2412 Mobile: +61 (0)4 7862 0062 Please avoid sending me Word or Power Point attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html