What are good Perl Pattern-matching / Regex Modules?

Question

Lately I need to do a lot of regular expression / pattern stuff, and looking at different examples / forum posts from my searches on the internet, it seems people sometimes mention that perl has some nice modules that help simplify the matching / regular task pattern however, they neglect to mention which ones are the best for this .. I looked at CPAN for this, but their site is not very easy to navigate, because I can’t efficiently search by category. Any advice is appreciated.

Answer 1

Check out Regexp :: Common

Also see YAPE :: Regex :: Explain the web interface as well . Priceless.

Answer 2

Can I suggest perl6-esque Regexp :: Grammars if you are doing something really complicated and you need to write a grammar - this is really awesome. I just used it to parse several SQL commands for my perl postgresql shell: pgperlshell

Answer 3

Many regex features are available initially in perl. Probably the best way to simplify understanding of perl regular expressions is to read the excellent perl regular expression tutorial at http://perldoc.perl.org/perlretut.html