Don't ever guess again.
use YAPE::Regex::Explain;
die YAPE::Regex::Explain->new(qr/.*${name}-*/)->explain;
__END__
The regular expression:
(?-imsx:.*-*)
matches as follows:
NODE EXPLANATION
----------------------------------------------------------------------
(?-imsx: group, but do not capture (case-sensitive)
(with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not
matching \n) (matching whitespace and #
normally):
----------------------------------------------------------------------
.* any character except \n (0 or more times
(matching the most amount possible))
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-* '-' (0 or more times (matching the most
amount possible))
----------------------------------------------------------------------
) end of grouping
----------------------------------------------------------------------
update:
In case you were wondering where the (?-imsx:.*-*) comes from, well perl -e"print qr/asdf/", perl -e"print ref qr/a/" and since ${name} is not defined anywhere in the above snippet, that part don't show up in the explanation.
Here's an alternative
use YAPE::Regex::Explain;
my $name = 'asdf';
die YAPE::Regex::Explain->new(qr/.*${name}-*/)->explain;
__END__
The regular expression:
(?-imsx:.*asdf-*)
matches as follows:
NODE EXPLANATION
----------------------------------------------------------------------
(?-imsx: group, but do not capture (case-sensitive)
(with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not
matching \n) (matching whitespace and #
normally):
----------------------------------------------------------------------
.* any character except \n (0 or more times
(matching the most amount possible))
----------------------------------------------------------------------
asdf 'asdf'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-* '-' (0 or more times (matching the most
amount possible))
----------------------------------------------------------------------
) end of grouping
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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