Test2::Compare::Pattern(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Test2::Compare::Pattern(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Test2::Compare::Pattern - Use a pattern to validate values in a deep comparison.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This allows you to use a regex to validate a value in a deep comparison. Sometimes a value just needs to look right, it may not need to be exact. An example is a memory address that might change from run to run.

# [SOURCE](#SOURCE)

The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at *https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/*.

# [MAINTAINERS](#MAINTAINERS)

[Chad Granum &lt;exodist@cpan.org&gt;](#Chad)

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

[Chad Granum &lt;exodist@cpan.org&gt;](#Chad~2)

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright Chad Granum &lt;exodist@cpan.org&gt;.

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

See *http://dev.perl.org/licenses/*

2026-08-31 perl v5.44.0

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