use YAPE::Regex::Explain;
print YAPE::Regex::Explain->new(qr/^(?:(?:\d+|\d+-\d+|a)(,\s*|$))+$/)-
+>explain;
outputs:
The regular expression:
(?-imsx:^(?:(?:\d+|\d+-\d+|a)(,\s*|$))+$)
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):
----------------------------------------------------------------------
^ the beginning of the string
----------------------------------------------------------------------
(?: group, but do not capture (1 or more times
(matching the most amount possible)):
----------------------------------------------------------------------
(?: group, but do not capture:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
\d+ digits (0-9) (1 or more times
(matching the most amount possible))
----------------------------------------------------------------------
| OR
----------------------------------------------------------------------
\d+ digits (0-9) (1 or more times
(matching the most amount possible))
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- '-'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
\d+ digits (0-9) (1 or more times
(matching the most amount possible))
----------------------------------------------------------------------
| OR
----------------------------------------------------------------------
a 'a'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
) end of grouping
----------------------------------------------------------------------
( group and capture to \1:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
, ','
----------------------------------------------------------------------
\s* whitespace (\n, \r, \t, \f, and " ")
(0 or more times (matching the most
amount possible))
----------------------------------------------------------------------
| OR
----------------------------------------------------------------------
$ before an optional \n, and the end of
the string
----------------------------------------------------------------------
) end of \1
----------------------------------------------------------------------
)+ end of grouping
----------------------------------------------------------------------
$ before an optional \n, and the end of the
string
----------------------------------------------------------------------
) end of grouping
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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