On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 05:42:10PM +1300, John Carter wrote: [...]
> Now I'm sure I can use std.algorithm map to convert say a string of characters "IVXLCDM" into an array [1,5,10,50,100,500,1000]
> 
> but somehow D template instantiation syntax is flumoxing me.
> 
> When I try use find in map!"find!""" dmd whinges like crazy at me.
[...]

One thing to understand about the '!' syntax is that if the following argument is more than one token, you should enclose it in parentheses (and you might as well use full lambda syntax as well):

	range.map!((x) => arr.find!(x));


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