PPIx::R...antifier(3)

💅 PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier — yes that's the whole manual name, it's giving long, i know, but she's worth it. this is the class that represents an atomic quantifier ✨ (a quantifier is one of those little characters that's like "how many times tho", yk?)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

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🦋 INHERITANCE 🦋

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier is a PPIx::Regexp::Token. that's the parent, that's the ancestry, slay.

and like… PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier has no descendants. she's a leaf, she's childless, she's the end of the line. no subclasses, no heirs, periodt. 👑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what is this class? it represents an atomic quantifier — which is literally just one of these three characters:

• *
• +
• ?

that's it. that's the whole squad. 💖

okay now listen up because this part is IMPORTANT: if these characters show up inside a variable-length look-behind, then '?' implies a minimum Perl version of 5.29.9, and '+' and '*' are regarded as parse errors and get reblessed into the unknown token. so like. not cute. not slay. handle with care bestie. 😭

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

this class provides the following public methods. any methods not documented here are private, and unsupported in the sense that the author reserves the right to change or remove them without notice. so like, don't get attached to them, they're not your main character, they're background extras fr fr. 💀

⭐ could_be_quantifier

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Quantifier->could_be_quantifier( '*' );

this method returns true if the given string could be a quantifier — that is, if it is '*', '+', or '?'. that's it, that's the vibe check, three characters or nothing. 💅

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🫶 SUPPORT 🫶

support is by the author. please file bug reports at:

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

or in electronic mail to the author. they wanna hear from u bestie, respectfully. 🌈

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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. (translation: no promises, no refunds, no take-backsies 🫣)

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and that's the whole page babes — this one came from perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-06-15, filed under PPIx::R...antifier(3) because apparently even the manual header is too long for the terminal. iconic honestly. mwah 💋✨