(\q<R>): Is that a typo in your post, or are you using \q<R> when you mean \g<R>? ...or do I just not know about the \q<NAME> backreferencing metacharacter? (I'm never confident that I know all of the possible metacharacters for regular expressions. ;)

Isn't it a problem that you're backreferencing a capture group while still inside of it? I don't know for sure, but it seems funky. When I try a minimal example: 

(?<name>a.*?\g<name>)

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Perl fails to compile the regex.

I also get a failure to compile when I try your last example (after fixing the \q<name> vs \g<name> issue). I really think that trying to access a backreference while in the capture group that created it is asking for trouble.


Dave

In reply to Re: how to go from numbered captures to named? by davido
in thread how to go from numbered captures to named? by perl-diddler

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