C:\>perl -Mre=debug -e"q(foo bar) =~ m/foo .* bar/x"

• C:\>perl -Mre=debug -e"q(foo bar) =~ m/foo .* bar/x"

• Compiling REx "foo .* bar"

• Final program:

• 1: EXACT <foo> (3)

• 3: STAR (5)

• 4: REG_ANY (0)

• 5: EXACT <bar> (7)

• 7: END (0)

• anchored "foo" at 0 floating "bar" at 3..2147483647 (checking floating) minlen 6