NAME Parse::Number::EN - Pattern to match number VERSION This document describes version 0.05 of Parse::Number::EN (from Perl distribution Parse-Number-EN), released on 2014-10-03. SYNOPSIS use Parse::Number::EN qw(parse_number_en $Pat); my @a = map {parse_number_en(text=>$_)} ("12,345.67", "-1.2e3", "x123", "1.23", "1,23"); # @a = (12345.67, -1200, undef, 1.23, 1) my @b = map {/^$Pat$/ ? 1:0} ("12,345.67", "-1.2e3", "x123", "1,23"); # @b = (1, 1, 0, 0) DESCRIPTION The goal for this module is to parse/extract numbers written in some common notation in English text. That means, in addition to what Perl does, it also recognizes thousand separators (and fractions, percentages in the future). FUNCTIONS parse_number_en(%args) -> any Parse number from English text. This function can parse number with thousand separators (e.g. 10,000). In the future percentage (e.g. 10.2%) and fractions (e.g. 1/3, 2 1/2) might also be supported. Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments): * text* => *str* The input text that contains number. Return value: (any) VARIABLES None are exported by default, but they are exportable. $Pat (REGEX) A regex for quickly matching/extracting number from text. It's not 100% perfect (the extracted number might not be valid), but it's simple and fast. FAQ How does this module differ from other number-parsing modules? This module uses a single regex and provides the regex for you to use. Other modules might be more accurate and/or faster. But this module is pretty fast. SEE ALSO Lingua::EN::Words2Nums Other Parse::Number::* modules (for other languages). HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. AUTHOR perlancar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2014 by perlancar@cpan.org. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.