NAME

Regexp::Common::lingua -- provide regexes for language related stuff.

SYNOPSIS 

    use Regexp::Common qw /lingua/;

    while (<>) {
        /^$RE{lingua}{palindrome}$/    and  print "is a palindrome\n";
    }

DESCRIPTION

Please consult the manual of Regexp::Common for a general description of the works of this interface.

Do not use this module directly, but load it via Regexp::Common.

$RE{lingua}{palindrome}

Returns a pattern that recognizes a palindrome, a string that is the same if you reverse it. By default, it only matches strings consisting of letters, but this can be changed using the {-chars} option. This option takes a character class (default is [A-Za-z]) as argument.

If {-keep} is used, only $1 will be set, and set to the entire match.

This pattern requires at least perl 5.6.0.

HISTORY 

 $Log: lingua.pm,v $
 Revision 2.107  2008/05/23 21:30:09  abigail
 Changed email address

 Revision 2.106  2008/05/23 21:28:01  abigail
 Changed license

 Revision 2.105  2005/03/16 00:23:57  abigail
 Removed 'use Carp'

 Revision 2.104  2003/07/04 13:34:05  abigail
 Fixed assignment to

 Revision 2.103  2003/03/25 23:46:29  abigail
 Removed outer braces

 Revision 2.102  2003/03/25 23:20:02  abigail
 Added documentation

 Revision 2.101  2003/02/01 22:55:31  abigail
 Changed Copyright years

 Revision 2.100  2003/01/21 23:19:40  abigail
 The whole world understands RCS/CVS version numbers, that 1.9 is an
 older version than 1.10. Except CPAN. Curse the idiot(s) who think
 that version numbers are floats (in which universe do floats have
 more than one decimal dot?).
 Everything is bumped to version 2.100 because CPAN couldn't deal
 with the fact one file had version 1.10.

 Revision 1.2  2003/01/01 19:11:29  abigail
 Fixed problem with having different palindrome patterns in same program

 Revision 1.1  2003/01/01 17:05:56  abigail
 First version

SEE ALSO

Regexp::Common for a general description of how to use this interface.

AUTHOR

Damian Conway (damian@conway.org)

MAINTAINANCE

This package is maintained by Abigail (regexp-common@abigail.be).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS

Many regexes are missing. Send them in to regexp-common@abigail.be.

COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2008, Damian Conway and Abigail.

This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following licenses: 

 1) The Perl Artistic License.     See the file COPYRIGHT.AL.
 2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2.
 3) The BSD Licence.               See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD.
 4) The MIT Licence.               See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT.