---
name: "PPIx::Utils::Language"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-ppix-utils"
version: "0.004-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PPIx::Utils::Language"
---

# PPIx::Utils::Language(3pm)

Utility functions for PPI related to the Perl language

## NAME

PPIx::Utils::Language - Utility functions for PPI related to the Perl language

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use PPIx::Utils::Language ':all';
```

## DESCRIPTION

This package is a component of PPIx::Utils that contains functions related to aspects of the Perl language.

## FUNCTIONS

All functions can be imported by name, or with the tag `":all"`.

### precedence\_of

```
    my $precedence = precedence_of($element);
```

Given a PPI::Token::Operator or a string, returns the precedence of the operator, where 1 is the highest precedence.  Returns undef if the precedence can't be determined (which is usually because it is not an operator).

### symbol\_without\_sigil

```
    my $name = symbol_without_sigil($symbol);
```

Returns the name of the specified symbol with any sigil at the front. The parameter can be a vanilla Perl string or a PPI::Element.

## BUGS

Report any issues on the public bugtracker.

## AUTHOR

Dan Book \<dbook@cpan.org\>

Code originally from Perl::Critic::Utils by Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer \<jeff@imaginative-software.com\> and Perl::Critic::Utils::Perl by Elliot Shank \<perl@galumph.com\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2005-2011 Imaginative Software Systems, 2007-2011 Elliot Shank, 2017 Dan Book.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

## SEE ALSO

Perl::Critic::Utils, Perl::Critic::Utils::Perl