use 5.026; use Data::Dumper; use Readonly; use Regexp::Common qw[ delimited ]; use Regexp::Grammars; my $grammar = qr{ @{[ qq[(?: $RE{delimited}{-delim=>q{'}}{-esc=>q{'}}) ] ]} }; if (q{'some string with containing a '''} =~ $grammar) { warn Data::Dumper->new([\%/],[qw(*/)])->Deepcopy(1)->Indent(1)->Maxdepth(3)->Sortkeys(1)->Dump(),q{ }; }; __DATA__