date:20180118

Re: how do I match the next two characters?

2018-01-18 Thread Todd Chester

On 01/18/2018 05:17 PM, mimosinnet wrote: The '?' is not necessary Indeed! I use `.*?` when I do not want the wild card to be "greedy" When I have a choice of using either, I always use `.*?` so I remember the difference and as a kind of comment that tells me not to be greedy. Thank you!

Re: how do I match the next two characters?

2018-01-18 Thread Andy Bach

>The '?' is not necessary ;-) perl6 -e 'my $x="abcsdd1efg1234xyz"; $x ~~ m/(sd..).*(12..)/; say "$0, $1"' sdd1, 1234 The "?" is to modify the "*" to be "non-greedy" - that is, it will match the first chunk of stuff that is followed by whatever is after it (so, "/*?/" the "?" is certainly

Re: how do I match the next two characters?

2018-01-18 Thread mimosinnet

Thanks for this thread El Tuesday, 16 de January del 2018 a les 19:28, Todd Chester va escriure: But I do have to use `.*?` in the middle when matching two things $ perl6 -e 'my $x="abcsdd1efg1234xyz"; $x ~~ m/(sd..).*?(12..)/; say "$0, $1"' sdd1, 1234 The '?' is not necessary ;-) perl6