---
name: "Text::Query::Solve"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-text-query"
version: "0.09-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Text::Query::Solve"
---

# Text::Query::Solve(3pm)

Base class for query resolution

## NAME

Text::Query::Solve - Base class for query resolution

## SYNOPSIS

```
    package Text::Query::SolveSource;
    use Text::Query::Parse;

    use vars qw(@ISA);
    @ISA = qw(Text::Query::Solve);
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module provides a virtual base class for query resolution.

It defines the `"match"` and `"matchscalar"` method that is called by the `"Text::Query"` object to apply a query on a data source.

## METHODS

- match (EXPR \[TARGET\])

  If `"TARGET"` is a scalar, `"match"` returns a true value if the data source  specified by `"TARGET"` matches the `"EXPR"` query expression.  If  `"TARGET"` is not given, the match is made against `$_`.

  If `"TARGET"` is an array, `"match"` returns a (possibly empty) list of all  matching elements.  If the elements of the array are references to sub-  arrays, the match is done against the first element of each sub-array.   This allows arbitrary information (e.g. filenames) to be associated with  each data source to match.

  If `"TARGET"` is a reference to an array, `"match"` returns a reference to  a (possibly empty) list of all matching elements.

- matchscalar (EXPR \[TARGET\])

  Behaves just like `"MATCH"` when `"TARGET"` is a scalar or is not given.

## SEE ALSO

**Text::Query**(3)

## AUTHORS

Eric Bohlman (ebohlman@netcom.com)

Loic Dachary (loic@senga.org)

## POD ERRORS

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