PPIx::Regexp::Token::Assertion(3pm)

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Assertion3pm

Represent a simple assertion.

Usage

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

Inheritance

"PPIx::Regexp::Token::Assertion" is a PPIx::Regexp::Token.

"PPIx::Regexp::Token::Assertion" has no descendants.

Overview

This class represents one of the simple assertions; that is, those that are not defined via parentheses. This includes the zero-width assertions "^", "$", "\b", "\B", "\A", "\Z", "\z" and "\G", as well as:

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The "\z" assertion added in Perl 5.005,

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The "\K" assertion added in Perl 5.009005,

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The "\b{gcb}" assertion (and friends) added in Perl 5.021009. Similar braced constructions (like "\b{foo}") are unknown tokens.

Methods

This class provides no public methods beyond those provided by its superclass.

is_matcher

This method returns a true value because an assertion actually matches something.

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.