PPIx::R...arClass(3)

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version 0.092 · 13 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 NAME 💖

PPIx::Regexp::Token::CharClass — bestie, this one represents a character class 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe check 🦋

🌸 INHERITANCE 🌸

PPIx::Regexp::Token::CharClass is a PPIx::Regexp::Token. lowkey the whole family tree thing.

And PPIx::Regexp::Token::CharClass is the parent of these two little icons:

  • PPIx::Regexp::Token::CharClass::POSIX
  • PPIx::Regexp::Token::CharClass::Simple

so yeah, it's giving ancestor energy 👑

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so this class represents a character class, periodt.

But here's the tea: it is not intended that this class be instantiated 🙈. It's literally just here to identify a character class in the class hierarchy and to hold any common methods that might become useful later. It's the friend who shows up to the group hang and just. exists. And honestly? Valid. It's the placeholder bestie. It's the main character who never gets a scene but everyone knows them.

🧚 METHODS 🧚

Beyond everything its superclass already gives you, this class hands over the following public methods. slay.

⭐ is_matcher ⭐

This method returns a true value, because — plot twist — a character class actually matches something 🔥. Not me being shocked. It's a matcher. It matches. That's the whole personality.

🫶 SUPPORT 🫶

Support is by the author, bestie. If something's broken (😭), please file bug reports at:

or slide into the author's electronic mail. Either way, we got you 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

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

(not me putting the whole government name, respect tho 🎀)

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. 💀

fr fr on that last part — no promises, no cap. it just. is. what it is.

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖✨ This was perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-06-15, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation. k bye, go read some regex internals 🦋💅🍓

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