PPIx::R...sertion(3)

💖 PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Assertion 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Assertion — from the PPIx::R...sertion(3) corner of the perl universe, aka the User Contributed Perl Documentation zone 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Assertion — it's giving "represent a parenthesized assertion" 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

that's it, that's the whole vibe check ✨

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🧬 INHERITANCE 🧬

PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Assertion is a PPIx::Regexp::Structure. like, that's its parent, that's where it gets its whole personality from fr fr 🌈

and PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Assertion has no descendants. not a single child. it's an only child with main character energy 👑 no one inherits from it, periodt.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this class represents one of the parenthesized assertions — and there are exactly four flavors in this lil family:

• look ahead 👀
• look behind 🔙
• positive ✅
• negative ❌

any combo of those, and this class is the one holding the receipts 🎀

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🛠️ METHODS 🛠️

this class comes with the following public methods on top of everything its superclass already gave it. not me being generous 💅

🔮 is_look_ahead 🔮

returns a true value if the assertion is a look-ahead assertion 🫶

returns a false value if it's a look-behind assertion 🔙

that's the whole method. no cap, it's that simple ✨

🌟 is_positive 🌟

returns a true value if the assertion is a positive assertion ✅

returns a false value if it's a negative assertion ❌

literally just vibes and booleans, bestie 💖

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🆘 SUPPORT 🆘

support is by the author — yeah, direct line, no help desk, we love a personal touch 🫶

please file bug reports at:

https://github.com/trwyant/perl-PPIx-Regexp/issues

or, if you're feeling old-school, in electronic mail to the author 📧

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✍️ AUTHOR ✍️

Thomas R. Wyant, III — harryfmudd at comcast dot net 💌

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📜 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 📜

Copyright (C) 2009-2023, 2025-2026 by Thomas R. Wyant, III 🎀

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. like, it's free, bestie, please don't sue 😭

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and that's the whole page!! this was perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-06-15, from the PPIx::R...sertion(3) files — tysm for reading, mwah 💋✨🦋🌸💖