PPI::Token(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPI::Token(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PPI::Token - A single token of Perl source code

# [INHERITANCE](#INHERITANCE)

```
  PPI::Token
  isa PPI::Element
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

"PPI::Token" is the abstract base class for all Tokens. In PPI terms, a "Token" is a PPI::Element that directly represents bytes of source code.

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

## [set\_content $string](#set_content_$string)

The "set\_content" method allows you to set/change the string that the "PPI::Token" object represents.

Returns the string you set the Token to

## [add\_content $string](#add_content_$string)

The "add\_content" method allows you to add additional bytes of code to the end of the Token.

Returns the new full string after the bytes have been added.

## [length](#length)

The "length" method returns the length of the string in a Token.

# [SUPPORT](#SUPPORT)

See the support section in the main module.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

2026-10-26 perl v5.44.0

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Document: PPI::Token(3pm) from perl-ppi 1.291-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/Perl-Critic/PPI