NAME

String::Range::Expand - Expand range-like strings

SYNOPSIS

use String::Range::Expand;

print "$_\n" for expand_range('host[aa-ac,^ab,ae][01-04,^02-03]');

# Prints ...
    # hostaa01
    # hostaa04
    # hostac01
    # hostac04
    # hostae01
    # hostae04

DESCRIPTION

This module provides functions to expand a string that contains range-like expressions. This is something that is usually useful when working with hostnames, but can be used elsewhere too.

FUNCTIONS

expand_range($string)

my @list = expand_range('...');

This function accept a single string, evaluates expressions in those strings and returns a list with all avaialble permutations. Ranges with limits are expanded using the Range Operator.

my @list = expand_range('[aa-ad]'); # This is identical to ('aa' .. 'ad')

The following formats are recognized and evaluated

my @list = expand_range('foo[bar,baz]');        # Comma separated list
my @list = expand_range('foo[aa-ad,^ab]');      # Negated element
my @list = expand_range('foo[aa-ag,^ab-ad]');   # Negated range

SEE ALSO

SSH::Batch

This is an extremely useful distribution if you are working with hostnames. String::Range::Expand was inspired by this distribution, and provides only a subset of features of SSH::Batch

String::Glob::Permute

Pretty similar, but does not evaluate alphabetical ranges

Text::Glob::Expand

Like String::Glob::Permute, it does not evaluate alphabetical ranges. But it does provide some additional functionality like setting upper limits and formatting.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

This module does not attempt to limit the number of permutations for an expression.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-string-range-expand@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=String-Range-Expand

AUTHOR

Mithun Ayachit mithun@cpan.org

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2012, Mithun Ayachit. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.