PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp(3)

PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp - Represent the top-level regular expression

use PPIx::Regexp::Dumper;
PPIx::Regexp::Dumper->new( 'qr{foo}smx' )
    ->print();

"PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp" is a PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Main.

"PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp" has no descendants.

This class represents the top-level regular expression. In the example given in the "SYNOPSIS", the "{foo}" will be represented by this class.

This class provides the following public methods. Methods not documented here are private, and unsupported in the sense that the author reserves the right to change or remove them without notice.

foreach my $name ( $re->capture_names() ) {
    print "Capture name '$name'\n";
}

This method returns the capture names found in the regular expression.

print "Highest used capture number ",
    $re->max_capture_number(), "\n";

This method returns the highest capture number used by the regular expression. If there are no captures, the return will be 0.

Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=PPIx-Regexp, https://github.com/trwyant/perl-PPIx-Regexp/issues, or in electronic mail to the author.

Thomas R. Wyant, III wyant at cpan dot org

Copyright (C) 2009-2023 by Thomas R. Wyant, III

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

2023-07-26 perl v5.38.0