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

PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp3pm

Represent the top-level regular expression

Usage

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

Inheritance

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

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

Overview

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

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.

capture_names

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

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

max_capture_number

 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

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.