PPIx::Regexp::Structure::NamedCapture(3pm)

PPIx::Regexp::Structure::NamedCapture3pm

Represent a named capture

Usage

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

Inheritance

"PPIx::Regexp::Structure::NamedCapture" is a PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Capture.

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

Overview

This class represents a named capture. Its content will be something like one of the following:

 (?<NAME> ... )
 (?'NAME' ... )
 (?P<NAME> ... )

Methods

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.

name

 my $name = $element->name();

This method returns the name of the capture.

Support

Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at <https://github.com/trwyant/perl-PPIx-Regexp/issues> or in electronic mail to the author.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13
  9. Arch

Author

Thomas R. Wyant, III harryfmudd at comcast dot net

From perl-ppix-regexp 0.092-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.