in reply to Re^6: Regex infinite loop?
in thread Regex infinite loop?

You have an extra +. YAPE::Regex::Explain
#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use YAPE::Regex::Explain; print YAPE::Regex::Explain->new(qr~[^"]+~)->explain; __END__ The regular expression: (?-imsx:[^"]+) 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): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [^"]+ any character except: '"' (1 or more times (matching the most amount possible)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of grouping ----------------------------------------------------------------------