---
name: "PPIx::Regexp::Token::Literal"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-ppix-regexp"
version: "0.092-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PPIx::Regexp::Token::Literal"
---

# PPIx::Regexp::Token::Literal(3pm)

Represent a literal character

## NAME

PPIx::Regexp::Token::Literal - Represent a literal character

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use PPIx::Regexp::Dumper;
 PPIx::Regexp::Dumper->new( 'qr{foo}smx' )
     ->print();
```

## INHERITANCE

`"PPIx::Regexp::Token::Literal"` is a PPIx::Regexp::Token.

`"PPIx::Regexp::Token::Literal"` has no descendants.

## DESCRIPTION

This class represents a literal character, no matter how specified.

## METHODS

This class provides the following public methods. Methods not documented here are private, and unsupported in the sense that the author reserves the right to change or remove them without notice.

### is\_matcher

This method returns a true value because a literal matches itself.

### ordinal

```
 print 'The ordinal of ', $token->content(),
     ' is ', $token->ordinal(), "\n";
```

This method returns the ordinal of the literal if it can figure it out. It is analogous to the `"ord"` built-in.

It will not attempt to determine the ordinal of a unicode name (`"\N{...}"`) unless charnames has been loaded, and supports the **vianame()** function. Instead, it will return `"undef"`. Users of Perl 5.6.2 and older may be out of luck here.

Unicode code points (e.g. `"\N{U+abcd}"`) should work independently of charnames, and just return the value of `"abcd"`.

It will never attempt to return the ordinal of an octet (`"\C{...}"`) because I don't understand the syntax.

## SUPPORT

Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at \<https://github.com/trwyant/perl-PPIx-Regexp/issues\> or in electronic mail to the author.

## AUTHOR

Thomas R. Wyant, III *harryfmudd at comcast dot net*

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2009-2023, 2025-2026 by Thomas R. Wyant, III

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.