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prints out
NODE EXPLANATION
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(?-imsx: group, but do not capture (case-sensitive)
(with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not
matching \n) (matching whitespace and #
normally):
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^ the beginning of the string
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[A-Za-z_] any character of: 'A' to 'Z', 'a' to 'z',
'_'
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\w* word characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _) (0 or
more times (matching the most amount
possible))
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$ before an optional \n, and the end of the
string
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) end of grouping
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This is a great module for people trying to understand other people's
regexes as well as their own. The only complaint I have is if you put in
an
ill formed regex, it will print up to the point where the regex is corrupt,
but then will just stop and not inform you of a bad regex. Other than
that,
it is great!
Thanks Japhy!
Tanton
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tanton Gibbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 5:50 AM
> Subject: YAPE::Regex::Explain
>
>
> > I just found Jeff Pinyan's YAPE::Regex::Explain module and I must say
that
> > it is a beginners dream. Now, you can put any cryptic regular expressio
n
> > into his module and it will come out with a dazzling explanation. For
> > example:
> >
> > print YAPE::Regex::Explain->new( '^[A-Za-z_]\w*$')->explain();
> >
> > prints out:
> >
> >
> >
>
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