Modifying regexes with adverbs
Adverbs are regex modifiers. They are colon-prefix letters that change the behavior of regexes.
Adverbs exist in two forms—short and long—and appear in front of a regex, for example:
say 'OK' if 'ABCD' ~~ m:i/ abcd /;
Notice, that when an adverb is applied to the whole regex as in this example, m or rx is needed. Alternatively, an adverb can be put inside the regex. In this case, it starts its action from the position where it appeared. This is demonstrated in the examples in the next section about the :i adverb.
The following table lists all the adverbs:
Short form | Long form | Description |
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| Match letters are case-insensitive |
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| Whitespacess are significant |
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| Start at position N |
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| Match globally |
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| Continue after the previous match |
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| Disable backtracking |
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| Match with overlapping |
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| Find all possible matches |
Let us go through the list and examine each of the adverbs.
:i (:ignorecase)
This is the simplest regex...
