Anyone got any suggestions?
:) Use a module already? ;)
This is what you have
use YAPE::Regex::Explain;
print YAPE::Regex::Explain ->new(
qr/\[(\/?)(lien|url|citation|img).+?\]/s
)->explain;
__END__
The regular expression:
(?s-imx:\[(/?)(lien|url|citation|img).+?\])
matches as follows:
NODE EXPLANATION
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(?s-imx: group, but do not capture (with . matching
\n) (case-sensitive) (with ^ and $ matching
normally) (matching whitespace and #
normally):
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\[ '['
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( group and capture to \1:
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/? '/' (optional (matching the most amount
possible))
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) end of \1
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( group and capture to \2:
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lien 'lien'
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| OR
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url 'url'
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| OR
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citation 'citation'
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| OR
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img 'img'
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) end of \2
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.+? any character (1 or more times (matching
the least amount possible))
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\] ']'
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) end of grouping
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What do you think is wrong with your regex?