Hi All, I looking for a module that can parse perl code into variables, functions, control structures, white space, etc, and stick those parts into a array that would look something like this: 
my $foo = bar('thing');

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goes to 
$tokens=
[
 ['my'    => "function"],
 [' '     => "whitespace"],
 ['$foo'  => "scalar"],
 [' '     => "whitespace"],
 ['='     => "operator"],
 [' '     => "whitespace"],
 ['bar'   => "function"],
 ['('     => "delimiter"],
 ['thing' => "string"],
 [')'     => "delimiter"],
 [';'     => "delimiter"]
];

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I've been poking around cpan looking for something similiar to this, but haven't found anything. I want to use it for a source filter that will rearrange some code for my own brand of OO programming.

In reply to Module to parse perl by fletcher_the_dog

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