1PPI::Token::Regexp(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationPPI::Token::Regexp(3)
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6 PPI::Token::Regexp - Regular expression abstract base class
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9 PPI::Token::Regexp
10 isa PPI::Token
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14 The "PPI::Token::Regexp" class is never instantiated, and simply
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18 m// - PPI::Token::Regexp::Match
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22 The names are hopefully obvious enough not to have to explain what each
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34 Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
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37 Copyright 2001 - 2009 Adam Kennedy.
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39 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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42 The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
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47perl v5.10.1 2009-08-08 PPI::Token::Regexp(3)