Try
say %x{$y}.base(16);
On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 10:52 AM Todd Chester via perl6-users <
perl6-users@perl.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> In the following,
>
>
> $ p6 'my %x= YesNo=>0xff, OkayCancel=>0x55; my $y="YesNo"; if %x<<$y>>
> {say %x<<$y >>.base(16)}else{say "n"};'
> FF
>
> $ p6 'my %x= YesNo=>0xff, OkayCancel=>0x55; my $y="Help"; if %x<<$y>>
> {say %x<< $y >>.base(16)}else{say "n"};'
> n
>
> I have to use a space after $y
> say %x<<$y >>.base(16)
>
> or I get the finger wagged at me.
>
> Ambiguous use of >>; use ยป instead to mean hyper, or
> insert whitespace before >> to mean a quote terminator
> (or use different delimiters?)
>
> Is there a better way to write:
> say %x<<$y >>.base(16)
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
>
--
Fernando Santagata
