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#!/usr/bin/perl
# [[[ PREPROCESSOR ]]]
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have $foo = howdy hello ahoy' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have $bar = 1' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have $foo = howdy hello ahoy' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have $bar = 1' >>>
# [[[ HEADER ]]]
use RPerl;
use strict;
our $VERSION = 0.001_000;
# [[[ CRITICS ]]]
## no critic qw(ProhibitUselessNoCritic ProhibitMagicNumbers RequireCheckedSyscalls) # USER DEFAULT 1: allow numeric values & print operator
## no critic qw(RequireInterpolationOfMetachars) # USER DEFAULT 2: allow single-quoted control characters & sigils
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
# BIND, LITERAL PATTERN
my string $foo = 'howdy hello ahoy';
my integer $bar = $foo =~ m/owdy/gxms;
print 'have $foo = ', $foo, "\n";
print 'have $bar = ', $bar, "\n";
# BIND, CHARACTER CLASS PATTERN
$foo = 'howdy hello ahoy';
$bar = $foo =~ m/h[\w]+/gxms;
print 'have $foo = ', $foo, "\n";
print 'have $bar = ', $bar, "\n";