Re: s/// in string context should return the string

[Simon Cozens]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luke Palmer) writes:
>     $substituted = ($text ~~ s/$pattern/$replacement/) but nothing;

Surely "no buts"? :)

> What I really want is a functional version of s///.  Like:
>     my $substituted = $text.s(/$pattern/, { $replacement });
> Without modifying $text.

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