Named Regex

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tutorial/regex2/named_regex.p6

use v6;

my $phone = "054-1234567";

# You can also create named regexes:

my regex prefix { \d ** 2..3 }
my regex number { <+digit - [0]> \d ** 6 }
# if $phone ~~ m/^ <prefix> '-' <number> $/ {
# but this does not work now so we write the full syntax:
if $phone ~~ m/^ <prefix=&prefix> '-' <number=&number> $/ {
    say "prefix $/<prefix>  number: $/<number>";
}
# as you can see $/ is also a hash

let's create the named regexes for the word and duplicate:

tutorial/regex2/named_regex2.p6

use v6;

my $s = 'The elvish brown fox jumped over the the lazy dog';
my regex word { \w+ [ \' \w+]? }
my regex dup  { << <word=&word> \W+ $<word> >> }

if $s ~~ m/ <dup=&dup> / {
    say "Found '{$<dup><word>}' twice in a row";
}

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