NAME

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier - Represent an atomic quantifier.

SYNOPSIS

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

INHERITANCE

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier is a PPIx::Regexp::Token.

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier has no descendants.

DESCRIPTION

This class represents an atomic quantifier; that is, one of the characters *, +, or ?.

Note that if they occur inside a variable-length look-behind, '?' implies a minimum Perl version of 5.29.9, and '+' and '*' are regarded as parse errors and reblessed into the unknown token.

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.

could_be_quantifier

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier->could_be_quantifier( '*' );

This method returns true if the given string could be a quantifier; that is, if it is '*', '+', or '?'.

SUPPORT

Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=PPIx-Regexp, https://github.com/trwyant/perl-PPIx-Regexp/issues, or in electronic mail to the author.

AUTHOR

Thomas R. Wyant, III wyant at cpan dot org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2009-2023 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.