#NAME

PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp - Represent the top-level regular expression

#SYNOPSIS

use PPIx::Regexp::Dumper;
PPIx::Regexp::Dumper->new( 'qr{foo}smx' )
    ->print();

#INHERITANCE

PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp is a PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Main.

PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Regexp has no descendants.

#DESCRIPTION

This class represents the top-level regular expression. In the example given in the "SYNOPSIS", the {foo} will be represented by this class.

#METHODS

This class provides the following public methods. Methods not documented here are private, and unsupported in the sense that the author reserves the right to change or remove them without notice.

#capture_names

foreach my $name ( $re->capture_names() ) {
    print "Capture name '$name'\n";
}

This method returns the capture names found in the regular expression.

#max_capture_number

print "Highest used capture number ",
    $re->max_capture_number(), "\n";

This method returns the highest capture number used by the regular expression. If there are no captures, the return will be 0.

#SUPPORT

Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=PPIx-Regexp, https://github.com/trwyant/perl-PPIx-Regexp/issues, or in electronic mail to the author.

#AUTHOR

Thomas R. Wyant, III wyant at cpan dot org

#COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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