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Solution: The first non-digit

Here is a possible solution to the task.

Code

say '42abc' ~~ /\D/;

🦋 You can find the source code in the file first-non-digit.raku.

Output

｢a｣

Comments

  1. \D is the opposite of \d: it matches any character that is not a digit.

  2. The first two characters are digits, so the match starts at a.

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