Subrule matches
regex TOP { <integer> <addop> <integer> {*} } regex integer { \d+ {*} } regex addop { [ '+' | '-' ] {*} } method TOP($/) { say("found an expression ", $/); }
Within a regex, subrules are captured into named components of the match object
In the TOP method, the matched integers and addop are available as $/<integer> and $/<addop>
Perl 6 and NQP also allow $<integer> and $<addop> shorthands