1Pegex::Regex(3)       User Contributed Perl Documentation      Pegex::Regex(3)
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NAME

6       Pegex::Regex - Use Pegex Like a Regex
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SYNOPSIS

9           {
10               # Turn on Pegex regular expressions in lexical scope.
11               use Pegex::Regex;
12               my $grammar = qr{$grammar_text}x;
13               $text =~ $grammar;
14               my $result = \%/;
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16               # Turn off Pegex in this scope.
17               no Pegex::Regex;
18           }
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DESCRIPTION

21       This is a trivial sugar module that lets you use Pegex parser grammars
22       like regular expressions, if you're into that kind of thing.
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24       This is basically a clone of Damian Conway's Regexp::Grammars module
25       API.  You put a grammar into a "qr{...}x" and apply it the input string
26       you want to parse. If the parse is successful, you get a data structure
27       of the content in "%/".
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29       IMHO, building a recursive descent parser entirely inside of a regular
30       expression, is not the clearest way to code. But, of course, TMTOWTDI.
31       :)
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NOTE

34       This module is just for experimental fun. See Pegex for the right way
35       to use the Pegex parsing framework.
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TMTOWTDI

38       Here's a Pegex::Regex code snippet:
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40           use Pegex::Regex;
41           $text =~ qr{... Pegex grammar text ...};
42           $data = \%/;
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44       And the equivalent Pegex code:
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46           use Pegex;
47           my $data = pegex('... Pegex grammar text ...')->parse($text);
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WARNING

50       This gateway drug, er, module, technically should not even work.
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52       It turns your "grammar inside a regexp" into a Pegex::Grammar using
53       qr{} overloading, and then turns your regexp itself into a shim that
54       calls the parse method for you. This is highly magical and technically
55       makes a reentrant call to the regex engine, which is not supported yet.
56       Use at your own risk.
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58       Better yet, do yourself a favor and learn how to use the Pegex toolset
59       without this ::Regex sugar. ":-)"
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SEE ALSO

62       •   Pegex
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64       •   Regexp::Grammars
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AUTHOR

67       Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>
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70       Copyright 2010-2020. Ingy döt Net.
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72       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
73       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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75       See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
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79perl v5.34.0                      2021-07-22                   Pegex::Regex(3)
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