On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 09:12:16PM +1000, Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote: > about string subscripting. Since $a[0] cannot be mistaken for array subscripting > anymore, could this now be used to peep into scalars? Looks easier than using
Are there plans in Perl 6 for string modifiers? As they are in bash eg.: ${var%glob_or_regexp} ${var%%glob_or_regexp} ${var#glob_or_regexp} ${var##glob_or_regexp} ${var/pattern/string} ${var:[+-=]word} Best regards Hans Ginzel