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If I write a regex which includes multiple capturing groups (qr/(\D+)(\d+)/ and (?{ }) eval blocks is there a way to find out which numbered variable was just assigned to? So if I wrote qr/(\D+)(\d+)(\D+)(?{ foo( ?? ) })/ is there a way to find out that I should be reading from $3 and not a different variable?

I tried writing some diagnostic code to compare the addresses of $+ and the numbered variables but that didn't do anything useful. It indicated that each of $+, $1, $2 and $3 are all separate variables and $+ isn't temporarily aliased to $3 which would at least let me compare references like \ $+ == \ $1. So what works?

$text = "abc123def"; $text_match = qr/(\D+)(\d+)(?{ dumpr() })(\D+)/; $text =~ $text_match; use Devel::Peek; sub dumpr { Dump($+), Dump($1), Dump($2), Dump($3); local $\ = "\n"; print $+; print $1; print $2; print $3; }

In reply to Finding the right $<*digit*> capture variable by diotalevi

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