Re: Named capture backreferences cannot be used in character classes?

qr[(?:"[^"]+"|'[^']+')]
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For this example, that is shorter than your regex.

UPDATE: and you can automatically generate this:

my @class = ( "'", '"' );
my $re = "[(?:".join("|",map{"${_}[^$_]+$_"}@class).")]";
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Re^2: Named capture backreferences cannot be used in character classes? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 26, 2013 at 17:44 UTC
that is shorter than your regex. Except I need to retain knowledge of the quote type, so: `qr[(?<FQ>")[^"]+"\|(?<FQ>')[^']+']`; but that's fine. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]

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that is shorter than your regex.

Except I need to retain knowledge of the quote type, so: qr[(?<FQ>")[^"]+"|(?<FQ>')[^']+']; but that's fine.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.