pugs> my $z= "abc12345we678" "abc12345we678" pugs> $z ~~ ?/\d+/ Error eval perl5: "if (!$INC{'Pugs/Runtime/Match/HsBridge.pm'}) { unshift @INC, 'C:\Perl6\site\lib/auto/pugs/perl5/lib'; eval q[require 'Pugs/Runtime/Match/HsBridge.pm'] or die $@; } 'Pugs::Runtime::Match::HsBridge' " *** Can't locate Pugs/Runtime/Match/HsBridge.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:\Perl6\site\lib/auto/pugs/perl5/lib C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib .) at (eval 3) line 1. *** Cannot parse regex: \d+ *** Error: Error: Can't call method "__RUN__" on an undefined value.