#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use PPI; my $perlcode = << "END_PERLCODE"; package My::L10N::en; use base 'My::L10N'; our %Lexicon = ( 'Some [_1] text' => 'Some [_1] text', ); END_PERLCODE my $doc = PPI::Document->new(\$perlcode); my $lexicon = $doc->find(sub { $_[1]->content eq '%Lexicon' }); $lexicon = $lexicon->[0]; # returns an array ref, but in my case, there's only ever one. my $newmsg = q{'The [_1] is in the [_2]'}; my $newtext = sprintf ' %s =>\n %s,', $newmsg, $newmsg; my $insert_this = PPI::Document->new(\$newtext); use PPI::Dumper; print "\n tokens \n"; PPI::Dumper->new( $insert_this->tokens() )->print; print "\n insert_this \n"; PPI::Dumper->new( $insert_this )->print; print "\n lexicon \n"; PPI::Dumper->new( $lexicon)->print; # insert $newtext into %Lexicon? #~ $lexicon->insert_after($insert_this->tokens()); #~ $lexicon->insert_after($insert_this); $lexicon->__insert_after($insert_this); print "\n lexicon \n"; PPI::Dumper->new( $lexicon)->print; print $doc->serialize(); __END__ #### tokens PPI::Token::Whitespace ' ' insert_this PPI::Document PPI::Token::Whitespace ' ' PPI::Statement PPI::Token::Quote::Single ''The [_1] is in the [_2]'' PPI::Token::Whitespace ' ' PPI::Token::Operator '=>' PPI::Token::Cast '\' PPI::Token::Word 'n' PPI::Token::Whitespace ' ' PPI::Token::Quote::Single ''The [_1] is in the [_2]'' PPI::Token::Operator ',' lexicon PPI::Token::Symbol '%Lexicon' lexicon PPI::Token::Symbol '%Lexicon' package My::L10N::en; use base 'My::L10N'; our %Lexicon 'The [_1] is in the [_2]' =>\n 'The [_1] is in the [_2]', = ( 'Some [_1] text' => 'Some [_1] text', );