How do you use named captures with a short example?

Perl named captures allow you to extract values from strings easily using a regular expression.

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This example demonstrates how to use named captures in Perl to extract parts of a string.


        # Perl example with named captures
        my $string = "Hello, my name is John Doe";
        if ($string =~ /(?<greeting>Hello), my name is (?<name>\w+ \w+)/) {
            print "Greeting: $+{greeting}\n";
            print "Name: $+{name}\n";
        }