method pos
Documentation for method pos
assembled from the following types:
class X::Str::Numeric
From X::Str::Numeric
(X::Str::Numeric) method pos
method pos(--> Int:D)
Gives the position into the string where the parsing failed.
class Match
From Match
(Match) method pos
Returns the current position as a string index into Match.target
for a regex match in progress:
my $a = 'abcdef'; $a ~~ /b. {say $/.pos }../; # OUTPUT: «3»
You should not use this method on a finished Match
, as the output can be implementation specific or is, in any case, unspecified.