---
name: "Path::Dispatcher::Rule::Regex"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpath-dispatcher-perl"
version: "1.08-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Path::Dispatcher::Rule::Regex"
---

# Path::Dispatcher::Rule::Regex(3pm)

predicate is a regular expression

## NAME

Path::Dispatcher::Rule::Regex - predicate is a regular expression

## VERSION

version 1.08

## SYNOPSIS

```
    my $rule = Path::Dispatcher::Rule::Regex->new(
        regex => qr{^/comment(s?)/(\d+)$},
        block => sub { display_comment(shift->pos(2)) },
    );
```

## DESCRIPTION

Rules of this class use a regular expression to match against the path.

## ATTRIBUTES

### regex

The regular expression to match against the path. It works just as you'd expect!

The capture variables (`$1`, `$2`, etc) will be available in the match object as `"->pos(1)"` etc. ``"$`"``, `$&`, and `"$'"` are not restored.

## SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker \<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Path-Dispatcher\> (or bug-Path-Dispatcher@rt.cpan.org \<mailto:bug-Path-Dispatcher@rt.cpan.org\>).

## AUTHOR

Shawn M Moore, `"<sartak at bestpractical.com>"`

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020 by Shawn M Moore.

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