NAME

String::Expando - expand %(foo) codes in strings

SYNOPSIS

$e = String::Expando->new;
print $e->expand('%(foo) %(bar)', { foo => 'Hello', bar => 'world!' }), "\n";
print $e->expand(
    '### %04d(year)-%02d(month)-%02d(day)
    { year => 2011, month => 3, day => 9 }
), "\n";
### 2011-03-09

METHODS

new

$e = String::Expando->new;
$e = String::Expando->new(
    # "[% foo %]" -> $stash->{foo}
    'expando' => qr/\[%\s*([^%]+?)\s*%\]/,
    # "%%" -> "%"
    'escaped_literal' => qr/%(%)/,
    # etc.
    'literal' => qr/(.)/,
);
$e = String::Expando->new(
    # "%[.2f]L" => sprintf('%.2f', $stash->{L})
    'expando' => qr{
        (?x)
        %
            # Optional format string
            (?:
                \[
                    ([^\]]+)
                \]
            )?
            # Stash key
            ( [A-Za-z0-9] )
    },
    'stash' => { A => 1, B => 2, ... },
);

Create a new expando object. Arguments allowed are as follows.

stash

The hash from which expando values are obtained. An expando %(xyz) expanded using stash $h will yield the value of $h-{'xyz'}> (or the empty string, if the value of $h-{'xyz'}> is undefined).

expando

The regexp (or simple scalar) to use to identify expando codes when parsing the input. It must contain a capture group for what will become the key into the stash. If it contains two capture groups and $2 is defined (and not empty) after matching, the value of $1 will be used with sprintf to produce the final output.

The default is:

qr/
    (?x)
    \%
    ([^%()]*j
    \(
        ([^\s()]+)
    \)
/

In other words, %(...) with an optional format string between % and (.

stash

$h = $e->stash;
$e->stash(\%hash);

Get or set the stash from which expando values will be obtained.