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              Release of version 2016052803 of Regexp::Common
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The main reason for version 2.122 is a change in the license. You now
have the option to use this software under either the original Artistic
License, the Artistic License 2.0, the MIT license, or the BSD license.


WARNINGS:
      As of version 2013030901, $RE {balanced} is no longer supported
      for pre-5.10 Perls.

      INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE in version 2.119:
      The $N settings for the -keep option of US postal codes
      ($RE {zip} {US} {-keep}) have been changed. See the
      Regexp::Common::zip for details.

      INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE in version 2.113:
      Regexp::Common used to set $; to '='. This no longer happens,
      because setting $; breaks Filter::Simple. This means that regexps
      of the form $RE{foo}{"-flag=value"} no longer work!  They need
      to be written as $RE{foo}{"-flag$;value"} or as
      $RE{foo}{-flag => "value"}.

      When defining patterns using the pattern function, a = still
      needs to be used to separate the flag from its default value.
      This has not been changed.

      We are very sorry for the inconvenience.

NAME

   Regexp::Common - Provide commonly requested regular expressions


SYNOPSIS

    use Regexp::Common;

    while (<>) {
           /$RE{num}{real}/
                               and print q{a number\n};
           /$RE{quoted}/
                               and print q{a ['"`] quoted string\n};
           /$RE{delimited}{-delim=>'/'}/
                               and print q{a /.../ sequence\n};
           /$RE{balanced}{-parens=>'()'}/
                               and print q{balanced parentheses\n};
           /$RE{profanity}/
                               and print q{a #*@%-ing word\n};
    }


DESCRIPTION

   By default, this module exports a single hash (`%RE') that stores or
   generates commonly needed regular expressions. Patterns currently
   provided include:

       * balanced parentheses and brackets
       * delimited text (with escapes)
       * integers and floating-point numbers in any base (up to 36)
       * comments in 44 languages
       * offensive language
       * lists of any pattern
       * IPv4 addresses
       * URIs.
       * Zip codes.

   Future releases of the module will also provide patterns for the
   following:

       * email addresses
       * HTML/XML tags
       * mail headers (including multiline ones),
       * more URIs
       * telephone numbers of various countries
       * currency (universal 3 letter format, Latin-1, currency names)
       * dates
       * binary formats (e.g. UUencoded, MIMEd)
       * Credit card numbers.


INSTALLATION

   It's all pure Perl, so just put the .pm files in their appropriate
   local Perl subdirectory.

   Alternatively, use the common approach:
       - untar the archive
       - run: perl Makefile.PL
       - run: make
       - run: make test
       - run: make install

AUTHORS

   Damian Conway ([email protected]) and Abigail
   ([email protected])


MAINTAINER

   Abigail ([email protected])


COPYRIGHT and LICENSE

   This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2013, Damian Conway and Abigail.

   This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following
   licences:

    1) The Perl Artistic License.     See the file COPYRIGHT.AL.
    2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2.
    3) The BSD Licence.               See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD.
    4) The MIT Licence.               See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT.

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AVAILABILITY

Regexp::Common has been uploaded to the CPAN and is also available from:

   http://github.com/Abigail/Regexp--Common.git

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