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| author | Yves Orton <demerphq@gmail.com> | 2006-10-06 21:16:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2006-10-07 14:30:32 +0000 |
| commit | 81714fb9c03d91d66b66cab6e899e81bf64a2ca7 (patch) | |
| tree | 40861dec0355f417fff2a7ff3c393082960066cc /pod/perlvar.pod | |
| parent | f5def3a2a0d8913110936f9f4e13e37835754c28 (diff) | |
| download | perl-81714fb9c03d91d66b66cab6e899e81bf64a2ca7.tar.gz | |
Re: [PATCH] Initial attempt at named captures for perls regexp engine
Message-ID: <9b18b3110610061016x5ddce965u30d9a821f632d450@mail.gmail.com>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@28957
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index 4d8c17e84e..8a486b2b74 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -313,6 +313,17 @@ past where $2 ends, and so on. You can use C<$#+> to determine how many subgroups were in the last successful match. See the examples given for the C<@-> variable. +=item %+ +X<%+> + +Similar to C<@+>, the C<%+> hash allows access to the named capture +buffers, should they exist, in the last successful match in the +currently active dynamic scope. + +C<$+{foo}> is equivalent to C<$1> after the following match: + + 'foo'=~/(?<foo>foo)/; + =item HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR) =item $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER @@ -322,7 +333,7 @@ examples given for the C<@-> variable. =item $. X<$.> X<$NR> X<$INPUT_LINE_NUMBER> X<line number> -Current line number for the last filehandle accessed. +Current line number for the last filehandle accessed. Each filehandle in Perl counts the number of lines that have been read from it. (Depending on the value of C<$/>, Perl's idea of what |