# # # Nim's Runtime Library # (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf # # See the file "copying.txt", included in this # distribution, for details about the copyright. # when defined(js): {.error: "This library needs to be compiled with a c-like backend, and depends on PCRE; See jsre for JS backend.".} ## Regular expression support for Nim. ## ## This module is implemented by providing a wrapper around the ## `PCRE (Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions) `_ ## C library. This means that your application will depend on the PCRE ## library's licence when using this module, which should not be a problem ## though. ## PCRE's licence follows: ## ## .. include:: ../../doc/regexprs.txt ## runnableExamples: ## Unless specified otherwise, `start` parameter in each proc indicates ## where the scan starts, but outputs are relative to the start of the input ## string, not to `start`: doAssert find("uxabc", re"(?<=x|y)ab", start = 1) == 2 # lookbehind assertion doAssert find("uxabc", re"ab", start = 3) == -1 # we're past `start` => not found doAssert not match("xabc", re"^abc$", start = 1) # can't match start of string since we're starting at 1 import pcre, strutils, rtarrays const MaxSubpatterns* = 20 ## defines the maximum number of subpatterns that can be captured. ## This limit still exists for `replacef` and `parallelReplace`. type RegexFlag* = enum ## options for regular expressions reIgnoreCase = 0, ## do caseless matching reMultiLine = 1, ## `^` and `$` match newlines within data reDotAll = 2, ## `.` matches anything including NL reExtended = 3, ## ignore whitespace and `#` comments reStudy = 4 ## study the expression (may be omitted if the ## expression will be used only once) RegexDesc = object h: ptr Pcre e: ptr ExtraData Regex* = ref RegexDesc ## a compiled regular expression RegexError* = object of ValueError ## is raised if the pattern is no valid regular expression. when defined(gcDestructors): proc `=destroy`(x: var RegexDesc) = pcre.free_substring(cast[cstring](x.h)) if not isNil(x.e): pcre.free_study(x.e) proc raiseInvalidRegex(msg: string) {.noinline, noreturn.} = var e: ref RegexError new(e) e.msg = msg raise e proc rawCompile(pattern: string, flags: cint): ptr Pcre = var msg: cstring = "" offset: cint = 0 result = pcre.compile(pattern, flags, addr(msg), addr(offset), nil) if result == nil: raiseInvalidRegex($msg & "\n" & pattern & "\n" & spaces(offset) & "^\n") proc finalizeRegEx(x: Regex) = # XXX This is a hack, but PCRE does not export its "free" function properly. # Sigh. The hack relies on PCRE's implementation (see `pcre_get.c`). # Fortunately the implementation is unlikely to change. pcre.free_substring(cast[cstring](x.h)) if not isNil(x.e): pcre.free_study(x.e) proc re*(s: string, flags = {reStudy}): Regex = ## Constructor of regular expressions. ## ## Note that Nim's ## extended raw string literals support the syntax `re"[abc]"` as ## a short form for `re(r"[abc]")`. Also note that since this ## compiles the regular expression, which is expensive, you should ## avoid putting it directly in the arguments of the functions like ## the examples show below if you plan to use it a lot of times, as ## this will hurt performance immensely. (e.g. outside a loop, ...) when defined(gcDestructors): result = Regex() else: new(result, finalizeRegEx) result.h = rawCompile(s, cast[cint](flags - {reStudy})) if reStudy in flags: var msg: cstring = "" var options: cint = 0 var hasJit: cint = 0 if pcre.config(pcre.CONFIG_JIT, addr hasJit) == 0: if hasJit == 1'i32: options = pcre.STUDY_JIT_COMPILE result.e = pcre.study(result.h, options, addr msg) if not isNil(msg): raiseInvalidRegex($msg) proc rex*(s: string, flags = {reStudy, reExtended}): Regex = ## Constructor for extended regular expressions. ## ## The extended means that comments starting with `#` and ## whitespace are ignored. result = re(s, flags) proc bufSubstr(b: cstring, sPos, ePos: int): string {.inline.} = ## Return a Nim string built from a slice of a cstring buffer. ## Don't assume cstring is '\0' terminated let sz = ePos - sPos result = newString(sz+1) copyMem(addr(result[0]), unsafeAddr(b[sPos]), sz) result.setLen(sz) proc matchOrFind(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string], start, bufSize, flags: cint): cint = var rtarray = initRtArray[cint]((matches.len+1)*3) rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData res = pcre.exec(pattern.h, pattern.e, buf, bufSize, start, flags, cast[ptr cint](rawMatches), (matches.len+1).cint*3) if res < 0'i32: return res for i in 1..int(res)-1: var a = rawMatches[i * 2] var b = rawMatches[i * 2 + 1] if a >= 0'i32: matches[i-1] = bufSubstr(buf, int(a), int(b)) else: matches[i-1] = "" return rawMatches[1] - rawMatches[0] proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string], start = 0, bufSize: int): tuple[first, last: int] = ## returns the starting position and end position of `pattern` in `buf` ## (where `buf` has length `bufSize` and is not necessarily `'\0'` terminated), ## and the captured ## substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not match, nothing ## is written into `matches` and `(-1,0)` is returned. var rtarray = initRtArray[cint]((matches.len+1)*3) rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData res = pcre.exec(pattern.h, pattern.e, buf, bufSize.cint, start.cint, 0'i32, cast[ptr cint](rawMatches), (matches.len+1).cint*3) if res < 0'i32: return (-1, 0) for i in 1..int(res)-1: var a = rawMatches[i * 2] var b = rawMatches[i * 2 + 1] if a >= 0'i32: matches[i-1] = bufSubstr(buf, int(a), int(b)) else: matches[i-1] = "" return (rawMatches[0].int, rawMatches[1].int - 1) proc findBounds*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string], start = 0): tuple[first, last: int] {.inline.} = ## returns the starting position and end position of `pattern` in `s` ## and the captured substrings in the array `matches`. ## If it does not match, nothing ## is written into `matches` and `(-1,0)` is returned. result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start, s.len) proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[tuple[first, last: int]], start = 0, bufSize = 0): tuple[first, last: int] = ## returns the starting position and end position of `pattern` in `buf` ## (where `buf` has length `bufSize` and is not necessarily `'\0'` terminated), ## and the captured substrings in the array `matches`. ## If it does not match, nothing is written into `matches` and ## `(-1,0)` is returned. var rtarray = initRtArray[cint]((matches.len+1)*3) rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData res = pcre.exec(pattern.h, pattern.e, buf, bufSize.cint, start.cint, 0'i32, cast[ptr cint](rawMatches), (matches.len+1).cint*3) if res < 0'i32: return (-1, 0) for i in 1..int(res)-1: var a = rawMatches[i * 2] var b = rawMatches[i * 2 + 1] if a >= 0'i32: matches[i-1] = (int(a), int(b)-1) else: matches[i-1] = (-1,0) return (rawMatches[0].int, rawMatches[1].int - 1) proc findBounds*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[tuple[first, last: int]], start = 0): tuple[first, last: int] {.inline.} = ## returns the starting position and end position of `pattern` in `s` ## and the captured substrings in the array `matches`. ## If it does not match, nothing is written into `matches` and ## `(-1,0)` is returned. result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start, s.len) proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): tuple[first, last: int] = ## returns the `first` and `last` position of `pattern` in `buf`, ## where `buf` has length `bufSize` (not necessarily `'\0'` terminated). ## If it does not match, `(-1,0)` is returned. var rtarray = initRtArray[cint](3) rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData res = pcre.exec(pattern.h, pattern.e, buf, bufSize.cint, start.cint, 0'i32, cast[ptr cint](rawMatches), 3) if res < 0'i32: return (int(res), 0) return (int(rawMatches[0]), int(rawMatches[1]-1)) proc findBounds*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): tuple[first, last: int] {.inline.} = ## returns the `first` and `last` position of `pattern` in `s`. ## If it does not match, `(-1,0)` is returned. ## ## Note: there is a speed improvement if the matches do not need to be captured. runnableExamples: assert findBounds("01234abc89", re"abc") == (5,7) result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern, start, s.len) proc matchOrFind(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start, bufSize: int, flags: cint): cint = var rtarray = initRtArray[cint](3) rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData result = pcre.exec(pattern.h, pattern.e, buf, bufSize.cint, start.cint, flags, cast[ptr cint](rawMatches), 3) if result >= 0'i32: result = rawMatches[1] - rawMatches[0] proc matchLen*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string], start = 0): int {.inline.} = ## the same as `match`, but it returns the length of the match, ## if there is no match, `-1` is returned. Note that a match length ## of zero can happen. result = matchOrFind(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start.cint, s.len.cint, pcre.ANCHORED) proc matchLen*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string], start = 0, bufSize: int): int {.inline.} = ## the same as `match`, but it returns the length of the match, ## if there is no match, `-1` is returned. Note that a match length ## of zero can happen. return matchOrFind(buf, pattern, matches, start.cint, bufSize.cint, pcre.ANCHORED) proc matchLen*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): int {.inline.} = ## the same as `match`, but it returns the length of the match, ## if there is no match, `-1` is returned. Note that a match length ## of zero can happen. ## runnableExamples: doAssert matchLen("abcdefg", re"cde", 2) == 3 doAssert matchLen("abcdefg", re"abcde") == 5 doAssert matchLen("abcdefg", re"cde") == -1 result = matchOrFind(cstring(s), pattern, start.cint, s.len.cint, pcre.ANCHORED) proc matchLen*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): int {.inline.} = ## the same as `match`, but it returns the length of the match, ## if there is no match, `-1` is returned. Note that a match length ## of zero can happen. result = matchOrFind(buf, pattern, start.cint, bufSize, pcre.ANCHORED) proc match*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): bool {.inline.} = ## returns `true` if `s[start..]` matches the `pattern`. result = matchLen(cstring(s), pattern, start, s.len) != -1 proc match*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string], start = 0): bool {.inline.} = ## returns `true` if `s[start..]` matches the `pattern` and ## the captured substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not ## match, nothing is written into `matches` and `false` is ## returned. ## runnableExamples: import std/sequtils var matches: array[2, string] if match("abcdefg", re"c(d)ef(g)", matches, 2): doAssert toSeq(matches) == @["d", "g"] result = matchLen(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start, s.len) != -1 proc match*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string], start = 0, bufSize: int): bool {.inline.} = ## returns `true` if `buf[start..= 0'i32: matches[i-1] = bufSubstr(buf, int(a), int(b)) else: matches[i-1] = "" return rawMatches[0] proc find*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string], start = 0): int {.inline.} = ## returns the starting position of `pattern` in `s` and the captured ## substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not match, nothing ## is written into `matches` and `-1` is returned. result = find(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start, s.len) proc find*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): int = ## returns the starting position of `pattern` in `buf`, ## where `buf` has length `bufSize` (not necessarily `'\0'` terminated). ## If it does not match, `-1` is returned. var rtarray = initRtArray[cint](3) rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData res = pcre.exec(pattern.h, pattern.e, buf, bufSize.cint, start.cint, 0'i32, cast[ptr cint](rawMatches), 3) if res < 0'i32: return res return rawMatches[0] proc find*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): int {.inline.} = ## returns the starting position of `pattern` in `s`. If it does not ## match, `-1` is returned. We start the scan at `start`. runnableExamples: doAssert find("abcdefg", re"cde") == 2 doAssert find("abcdefg", re"abc") == 0 doAssert find("abcdefg", re"zz") == -1 # not found doAssert find("abcdefg", re"cde", start = 2) == 2 # still 2 doAssert find("abcdefg", re"cde", start = 3) == -1 # we're past the start position doAssert find("xabc", re"(?<=x|y)abc", start = 1) == 1 # lookbehind assertion `(?<=x|y)` can look behind `start` result = find(cstring(s), pattern, start, s.len) iterator findAll*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): string = ## Yields all matching *substrings* of `s` that match `pattern`. ## ## Note that since this is an iterator you should not modify the string you ## are iterating over: bad things could happen. var i = int32(start) rtarray = initRtArray[cint](3) rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData while true: let res = pcre.exec(pattern.h, pattern.e, s, len(s).cint, i, 0'i32, cast[ptr cint](rawMatches), 3) if res < 0'i32: break let a = rawMatches[0] let b = rawMatches[1] if a == b and a == i: break yield substr(s, int(a), int(b)-1) i = b iterator findAll*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): string = ## Yields all matching `substrings` of `s` that match `pattern`. ## ## Note that since this is an iterator you should not modify the string you ## are iterating over: bad things could happen. var i = int32(start) rtarray = initRtArray[cint](3) rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData while true: let res = pcre.exec(pattern.h, pattern.e, buf, bufSize.cint, i, 0'i32, cast[ptr cint](rawMatches), 3) if res < 0'i32: break let a = rawMatches[0] let b = rawMatches[1] if a == b and a == i: break var str = newString(b-a) copyMem(str[0].addr, unsafeAddr(buf[a]), b-a) yield str i = b proc findAll*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): seq[string] {.inline.} = ## returns all matching `substrings` of `s` that match `pattern`. ## If it does not match, @[] is returned. result = @[] for x in findAll(s, pattern, start): result.add x template `=~` *(s: string, pattern: Regex): untyped = ## This calls `match` with an implicit declared `matches` array that ## can be used in the scope of the `=~` call: runnableExamples: proc parse(line: string): string = if line =~ re"\s*(\w+)\s*\=\s*(\w+)": # matches a key=value pair: result = $(matches[0], matches[1]) elif line =~ re"\s*(\#.*)": # matches a comment # note that the implicit `matches` array is different from 1st branch result = $(matches[0],) else: doAssert false doAssert not declared(matches) doAssert parse("NAME = LENA") == """("NAME", "LENA")""" doAssert parse(" # comment ... ") == """("# comment ... ",)""" bind MaxSubpatterns when not declaredInScope(matches): var matches {.inject.}: array[MaxSubpatterns, string] match(s, pattern, matches) # ------------------------- more string handling ------------------------------ proc contains*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): bool {.inline.} = ## same as `find(s, pattern, start) >= 0` return find(s, pattern, start) >= 0 proc contains*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string], start = 0): bool {.inline.} = ## same as `find(s, pattern, matches, start) >= 0` return find(s, pattern, matches, start) >= 0 proc startsWith*(s: string, prefix: Regex): bool {.inline.} = ## returns true if `s` starts with the pattern `prefix` result = matchLen(s, prefix) >= 0 proc endsWith*(s: string, suffix: Regex): bool {.inline.} = ## returns true if `s` ends with the pattern `suffix` for i in 0 .. s.len-1: if matchLen(s, suffix, i) == s.len - i: return true proc replace*(s: string, sub: Regex, by = ""): string = ## Replaces `sub` in `s` by the string `by`. Captures cannot be ## accessed in `by`. runnableExamples: doAssert "var1=key; var2=key2".replace(re"(\w+)=(\w+)") == "; " doAssert "var1=key; var2=key2".replace(re"(\w+)=(\w+)", "?") == "?; ?" result = "" var prev = 0 while prev < s.len: var match = findBounds(s, sub, prev) if match.first < 0: break add(result, substr(s, prev, match.first-1)) add(result, by) if match.last + 1 == prev: break prev = match.last + 1 add(result, substr(s, prev)) proc replacef*(s: string, sub: Regex, by: string): string = ## Replaces `sub` in `s` by the string `by`. Captures can be accessed in `by` ## with the notation `$i` and `$#` (see strutils.\`%\`). runnableExamples: doAssert "var1=key; var2=key2".replacef(re"(\w+)=(\w+)", "$1<-$2$2") == "var1<-keykey; var2<-key2key2" result = "" var caps: array[MaxSubpatterns, string] var prev = 0 while prev < s.len: var match = findBounds(s, sub, caps, prev) if match.first < 0: break add(result, substr(s, prev, match.first-1)) addf(result, by, caps) if match.last + 1 == prev: break prev = match.last + 1 add(result, substr(s, prev)) proc multiReplace*(s: string, subs: openArray[ tuple[pattern: Regex, repl: string]]): string = ## Returns a modified copy of `s` with the substitutions in `subs` ## applied in parallel. result = "" var i = 0 var caps: array[MaxSubpatterns, string] while i < s.len: block searchSubs: for j in 0..high(subs): var x = matchLen(s, subs[j][0], caps, i) if x > 0: addf(result, subs[j][1], caps) inc(i, x) break searchSubs add(result, s[i]) inc(i) # copy the rest: add(result, substr(s, i)) proc transformFile*(infile, outfile: string, subs: openArray[tuple[pattern: Regex, repl: string]]) = ## reads in the file `infile`, performs a parallel replacement (calls ## `parallelReplace`) and writes back to `outfile`. Raises `IOError` if an ## error occurs. This is supposed to be used for quick scripting. var x = readFile(infile) writeFile(outfile, x.multiReplace(subs)) iterator split*(s: string, sep: Regex; maxsplit = -1): string = ## Splits the string `s` into substrings. ## ## Substrings are separated by the regular expression `sep` ## (and the portion matched by `sep` is not returned). runnableExamples: import std/sequtils doAssert toSeq(split("00232this02939is39an22example111", re"\d+")) == @["", "this", "is", "an", "example", ""] var last = 0 var splits = maxsplit var x: int while last <= len(s): var first = last var sepLen = 1 while last < len(s): x = matchLen(s, sep, last) if x >= 0: sepLen = x break inc(last) if x == 0: if last >= len(s): break inc last if splits == 0: last = len(s) yield substr(s, first, last-1) if splits == 0: break dec(splits) inc(last, sepLen) proc split*(s: string, sep: Regex, maxsplit = -1): seq[string] {.inline.} = ## Splits the string `s` into a seq of substrings. ## ## The portion matched by `sep` is not returned. result = @[] for x in split(s, sep, maxsplit): result.add x proc escapeRe*(s: string): string = ## escapes `s` so that it is matched verbatim when used as a regular ## expression. result = "" for c in items(s): case c of 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '0'..'9', '_': result.add(c) else: result.add("\\x") result.add(toHex(ord(c), 2))