Re^2: better way to get last named capture group

Exactly the opposite! I want to distinguish which branch matched, when the matched strings could all be the same.

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Re^3: better way to get last named capture group by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 01, 2025 at 22:02 UTC
With numbered captures, `defined( $1 )` tells us if a capture is part of the matching patch. The equivalent with named captures would be `exists( $+{ name } )`. To check which of a set, `( grep exists( $+{ $_ } ), qw( name1 name2 name3 ) )[ 0 ]` could be used. And of course, that simplifies to `( keys( %+ ) )[ 0 ]` if only one named capture could have captured.	[reply] [d/l] [select]