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Re: Find out which subpattern matched in regex

by space_monk (Chaplain)
on Jun 14, 2013 at 12:26 UTC ( [id://1038955]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Find out which subpattern matched in regex

You can use "given/when" constructs to match against a regex array from 5.10 on

  given ($_) {
    when (@reglist) {
      # you have a match
    }
    default {
      # you don't have a match
    }
  }

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