---
name: "Text::Query::SolveSimpleString"
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::SolveSimpleString"
---

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

Apply query expression on strings

## NAME

Text::Query::SolveSimpleString - Apply query expression on strings

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Text::Query;
  my $q=new Text::Query('+hello +world',
                        -parse => 'Text::Query::ParseSimple',
                        -solve => 'Text::Query::SolveSimpleString',
                        -build => 'Text::Query::BuildSimpleString');
  $q->match('this hello is a world')
```

## DESCRIPTION

Applies an expression built by `"Text::Query::BuildSimpleString"` to a list of strings.

## METHODS

- match (\[TARGET\])

  If `"TARGET"` is a scalar, `"match"` returns a true value if the string  specified by `"TARGET"` matches the query object's 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 string to match.

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

- matchscalar (\[TARGET\])

  Behaves just like `"MATCH"` when `"TARGET"` is a scalar or is not given.   Slightly faster than `"MATCH"` under these circumstances.

## AUTHORS

Eric Bohlman (ebohlman@netcom.com)

Loic Dachary (loic@senga.org)

Jon Jensen, jon@endpoint.com

## POD ERRORS

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- Around line 118:

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