Capture with quantifier


going back to the words but this time replace the square brackets [] by parentheses () for capturing

examples/regex2/capture_with_quantifier.p6
use v6;

my $words = 'foo, bar, moo';
if $words ~~ m/ (\w+) ** [\,\s*] / {
	say "match words: $/";
	say "$/[0]";
	say "first:  $/[0][0]";
	say "second: $/[0][1]";
	say "third:  $/[0][2]";
	say "all: ", $/[0].join(' | ');
}



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