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Test for (in)valid regex

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  1. # Test for (in)valid regex
  2. # perl regex 
  3. #
  4. # (you may need to disable warnings)
  5.  
  6. my $pattern = shift;
  7. my $regex = eval { qr/$pattern/ };
  8. die "Your regex doesn't seem valid : $@" if $@;

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