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ppi::token::regexp::match

PPI::Token::Regexp::Match(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    PPI::Token::Regexp::Match(3pm)

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 v5.10.1							    2011-02-26					    PPI::Token::Regexp::Match(3pm)