use Perl

One of the things you can do with this module is define your own "local extraction handlers" which are tiny four line modules that know how to extract data from a string for a particular type. For example, you can get ones for making sure the data is all digits, or ones for getting valid urls.

Of course, writing new local extraction handlers involves writing regular expressions. And as anyone knows, it's quite hard to write a complex regular expression and guarantee it's right - every once in a while you make a stupid mistake, so you have to check your work. The only real way to avoid this is to test your data. And that's where the module comes in: It's a Test::Builder compatible testing tool that can be used to test if the local extraction handler extracts the right thing from a string or rejects the string outright.

This is Profero's first open source module that we've uploaded to to CPAN, and I'm really happy that in addition to helping promote Perl we've finally released something of our own. Hopefully it'll be the first of many.