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NAME
    YAPE::Regex::Explain - explanation of a regular expression

SYNOPSIS
      use YAPE::Regex::Explain;
      my $exp = YAPE::Regex::Explain->new($REx)->explain;

`YAPE' MODULES
    The `YAPE' hierarchy of modules is an attempt at a unified means
    of parsing and extracting content. It attempts to maintain a
    generic interface, to promote simplicity and reusability. The
    API is powerful, yet simple. The modules do tokenization (which
    can be intercepted) and build trees, so that extraction of
    specific nodes is doable.

DESCRIPTION
    This module merely sub-classes `YAPE::Regex', and produces a
    rather verbose explanation of a regex, suitable for
    demonstration and tutorial purposes. Perl 5.6 regex structures
    like `\p{...}' and `\P{...}' and `[:...:]' are now supported.

  Methods for `YAPE::Regex::Explain'

    * `my $p = YAPE::Regex::Explain->new($regex);'
        Calls `YAPE::Regex''s `new' method (see its docs).

    * `my $p = YAPE::Regex::Explain->explain($mode);'
        Returns a string explaining the regex. If `$mode' is
        `regex', it will output a valid regex (instead of the normal
        string). If `$mode' is `silent', no comments will be added,
        but the regex will be expanded into a readable format.

SUPPORT
    Visit `YAPE''s web site at http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/YAPE/.

SEE ALSO
    The `YAPE::Regex' documentation.

AUTHOR
      Jeff "japhy" Pinyan
      CPAN ID: PINYAN
      japhy@pobox.com
      http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/