quote / /
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From Regexes
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Perl 6 has special syntax for writing regexes:
m/abc/; # a regex that is immediately matched against $_rx/abc/; # a Regex object/abc/; # a Regex object
For the first two examples, delimiters other than the slash can be used:
m{abc};rx{abc};
Note that neither the colon :
nor round parentheses can be delimiters; the colon is forbidden because it clashes with adverbs, such as rx:i/abc/
(case insensitive regexes), and round parentheses indicate a function call instead.
Whitespace in regexes is generally ignored (except with the :s
or, completely, :sigspace
adverb).
Comments work within a regular expression:
/ word #`(match lexical "word") /