08-12-2009
Yeah, when you took off the ^ it would have opened up the regexp too much.
Leave the $ on the end and replace the ^ at the start with \=
Should sort it.
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ppi::token::regexp::match
PPI::Token::Regexp::Match(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPI::Token::Regexp::Match(3)
NAME
PPI::Token::Regexp::Match - A standard pattern match regex
INHERITANCE
PPI::Token::Regexp::Match
isa PPI::Token::Regexp
isa PPI::Token
isa PPI::Element
SYNOPSIS
$text =~ m/match regexp/;
$text =~ /match regexp/;
DESCRIPTION
A "PPI::Token::Regexp::Match" object represents a single match regular expression. Just to be doubly clear, here are things that are and
aren't considered a match regexp.
# Is a match regexp
/This is a match regexp/;
m/Old McDonald had a farm/eieio;
# These are NOT match regexp
qr/This is a regexp quote-like operator/;
s/This is a/replace regexp/;
METHODS
There are no methods available for "PPI::Token::Regexp::Match" beyond those provided by the parent PPI::Token::Regexp, PPI::Token and
PPI::Element classes.
Got any ideas for methods? Submit a report to rt.cpan.org!
SUPPORT
See the support section in the main module.
AUTHOR
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
perl v5.18.2 2011-02-25 PPI::Token::Regexp::Match(3)