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

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Backtrack3pm

Represent backtrack control.

Usage

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

Inheritance

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

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

Overview

This class represents one of the backtrack controls.

Methods

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

arg

This method returns the backtrack control argument specified by the element. This is the text after the first colon (':'), or the empty string ('') if none was specified.

verb

This method returns the backtrack control verb represented by the element. This is the text up to but not including the first colon (':') if any. If the element specifies '' or "'F"", this method will return 'MARK' or 'FAIL', respectively.

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.