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17 changes: 15 additions & 2 deletions pod/perlvar.pod
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Expand Up @@ -1096,8 +1096,8 @@ An array which exposes the contents of the capture buffers, if any, of
the last successful pattern match, not counting patterns matched
in nested blocks that have been exited already.

Note that the 0 index of @{^CAPTURE} is equivalent to $1, the 1 index
is equivalent to $2, etc.
Note that the 0 index of C<@{^CAPTURE}> is equivalent to C<$1>, the 1 index
is equivalent to C<$2>, etc.

if ("foal"=~/(.)(.)(.)(.)/) {
print join "-", @{^CAPTURE};
Expand All @@ -1120,6 +1120,19 @@ information on this form and its uses.

This variable was added in 5.25.7

If you need access to this functionality in older Perls you can use this
function immediately after your regexp.

sub get_captures {
no strict 'refs';

my $last_idx = scalar(@-) - 1;
my @arr = 1 .. $last_idx;
my @ret = map { $$_; } @arr;

return @ret;
}

=item $MATCH

=item $&
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