---
name: "PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Regexp"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-ppi"
version: "1.291-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Regexp"
---

# PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Regexp(3pm)

Regexp constructor quote-like operator

## NAME

PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Regexp - Regexp constructor quote-like operator

## INHERITANCE

```
  PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Regexp
  isa PPI::Token::QuoteLike
      isa PPI::Token
          isa PPI::Element
```

## DESCRIPTION

A `"PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Regexp"` object represents the quote-like operator used to construct anonymous Regexp objects, as follows.

```
  # Create a Regexp object for a module filename
  my $module = qr/\.pm$/;
```

## METHODS

The following methods are provided by this class, beyond those provided by the parent PPI::Token::QuoteLike, PPI::Token and PPI::Element classes.

### get\_match\_string

The `"get_match_string"` method returns the portion of the string that will be compiled into the match portion of the regexp.

### get\_substitute\_string

The `"get_substitute_string"` method always returns `"undef"`, since the `"qr{}"` construction provides no substitution string. This method is provided for orthogonality with `"PPI::Token::Regexp"`.

### get\_modifiers

The `"get_modifiers"` method returns the modifiers that will be compiled into the regexp.

### get\_delimiters

The `"get_delimiters"` method returns the delimiters of the string as an array. The first and only element is the delimiters of the string to be compiled into a match string.

## SUPPORT

See the support section in the main module.

## AUTHOR

Adam Kennedy \<adamk@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.