PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp(3pm)
NAME
PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp - Represent the top-level regular expression
SYNOPSIS
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.
DESCRIPTION
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'
";
}
This method returns the capture names found in the regular expression.
max_capture_number
print "Highest used capture number ",
$re->max_capture_number(), "
";
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 <http://rt.cpan.org>, or in electronic mail to the author.
AUTHOR
Thomas R. Wyant, III wyant at cpan dot org
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2009-2012 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.
perl v5.14.2 2012-06-06 PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp(3pm)