RegExp::Common::balanced(3)
NAME
Regexp::Common::balanced -- provide regexes for strings with balanced
parenthesized delimiters or arbitrary delimiters.
SYNOPSIS
use Regexp::Common qw /balanced/;
while (<>) {
/$RE{balanced}{-parens=>'()'}/
and print q{balanced parentheses\n};
}
DESCRIPTION
Please consult the manual of Regexp::Common for a general description
of the works of this interface.
Do not use this module directly, but load it via Regexp::Common.
$RE{balanced}{-parens}
Returns a pattern that matches a string that starts with the nominated
opening parenthesis or bracket, contains characters and properly nested
parenthesized subsequences, and ends in the matching parenthesis.
More than one type of parenthesis can be specified:
$RE{balanced}{-parens=>'(){}'}
in which case all specified parenthesis types must be correctly
balanced within the string.
If we are using C{-keep} (See Regexp::Common):
$1 captures the entire expression
$RE{balanced}{-begin => "begin"}{-end => "end"}
Returns a pattern that matches a string that is properly balanced using
the begin and end strings as start and end delimiters. Multiple sets
of begin and end strings can be given by separating them by "|"s (which
can be escaped with a backslash).
qr/$RE{balanced}{-begin => "do|if|case"}{-end => "done|fi|esac"}/
will match properly balanced strings that either start with do and end
with done, start with if and end with fi, or start with case and end
with esac.
If -end contains less cases than -begin, the last case of -end is
repeated. If it contains more cases than -begin, the extra cases are
ignored. If either of -begin or -end isn't given, or is empty, -begin
=> '(' and -end => ')' are assumed.
If we are using C{-keep} (See Regexp::Common):
$1 captures the entire expression
HISTORY
$Log: balanced.pm,v $
Revision 2.103 2008/05/23 21:30:09 abigail
Changed email address
Revision 2.102 2008/05/23 21:28:01 abigail
Changed license
Revision 2.101 2003/02/01 22:55:31 abigail
Changed Copyright years
Revision 2.100 2003/01/21 23:19:40 abigail
The whole world understands RCS/CVS version numbers, that 1.9 is an
older version than 1.10. Except CPAN. Curse the idiot(s) who think
that version numbers are floats (in which universe do floats have
more than one decimal dot?).
Everything is bumped to version 2.100 because CPAN couldn't deal
with the fact one file had version 1.10.
Revision 1.6 2002/08/20 15:20:48 abigail
Documented -begin and -end
Revision 1.5 2002/08/08 23:57:33 abigail
Added HISTORY section.
Revision 1.4 2002/08/08 23:53:54 abigail
Reworked and extended $RE{balanced}. It now takes multiple arbitrary
length delimiters. -parens is just a short-cut for some of the common,
simpler cases.
Revision 1.3 2002/08/05 12:16:58 abigail
Fixed 'Regex::' and 'Rexexp::' typos to 'Regexp::'
(Found my Mike Castle).
Revision 1.2 2002/07/25 22:37:44 abigail
Added 'use strict'.
Added 'no_defaults' to 'use Regexp::Common' to prevent loaded of all
defaults.
Revision 1.1 2002/07/25 22:14:44 abigail
Factored out from Regexp::Common.
SEE ALSO
Regexp::Common(3) for a general description of how to use this interface.
AUTHOR
Damian Conway (damian@conway.org)
MAINTAINANCE
This package is maintained by Abigail (regexp-common@abigail.be).
BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
Bound to be plenty.
For a start, there are many common regexes missing. Send them in to
regexp-common@abigail.be.
COPYRIGHT
This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2008, Damian Conway and Abigail.
This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following
licenses:
1) The Perl Artistic License. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL.
2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2.
3) The BSD Licence. See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD.
4) The MIT Licence. See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT.
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