1PPI::Token::Quote(3)  User Contributed Perl Documentation PPI::Token::Quote(3)
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NAME

6       PPI::Token::Quote - String quote abstract base class
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INHERITANCE

9         PPI::Token::Quote
10         isa PPI::Token
11             isa PPI::Element
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DESCRIPTION

14       The "PPI::Token::Quote" class is never instantiated, and simply
15       provides a common abstract base class for the four quote classes.  In
16       PPI, a "quote" is limited to only the quote-like things that themselves
17       directly represent a string. (although this includes double quotes with
18       interpolated elements inside them, note that
19       String::InterpolatedVariables allows to extract them).
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21       The subclasses of "PPI::Token::Quote" are:
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23       '' - PPI::Token::Quote::Single
24       "q{}" - PPI::Token::Quote::Literal
25       "" - PPI::Token::Quote::Double
26       "qq{}" - PPI::Token::Quote::Interpolate
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28       The names are hopefully obvious enough not to have to explain what each
29       class is here. See their respective pages for more details.
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31       Please note that although the here-doc does represent a literal string,
32       it is such a nasty piece of work that in PPI it is given the honor of
33       its own token class (PPI::Token::HereDoc).
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METHODS

36   string
37       The "string" method is provided by all four ::Quote classes. It won't
38       get you the actual literal Perl value, but it will strip off the
39       wrapping of the quotes.
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41         # The following all return foo from the ->string method
42         'foo'
43         "foo"
44         q{foo}
45         qq <foo>
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47   literal
48       The "literal" method is provided by ::Quote::Literal and
49       ::Quote::Single.  This returns the value of the string as Perl sees it:
50       without the quote marks and with "\\" and "\'" resolved to "\" and "'".
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52       The "literal" method is not implemented by ::Quote::Double or
53       ::Quote::Interpolate yet.
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SUPPORT

56       See the support section in the main module.
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AUTHOR

59       Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
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62       Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.
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64       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
65       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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67       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
68       with this module.
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