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src/gleam/regex.gleam
//// This module contains regular expression matching functions for strings.
//// The matching algorithms of the library are based on the PCRE library, but not
//// all of the PCRE library is interfaced and some parts of the library go beyond
//// what PCRE offers. Currently PCRE version 8.40 (release date 2017-01-11) is used.
import gleam/option.{type Option}
@deprecated("Please use the gleam_regexp package instead")
pub type Regex
/// The details about a particular match:
///
@deprecated("Please use the gleam_regexp package instead")
pub type Match {
Match(
/// The full string of the match.
content: String,
/// A `Regex` can have subpatterns, sup-parts that are in parentheses.
submatches: List(Option(String)),
)
}
/// When a regular expression fails to compile:
///
@deprecated("Please use the gleam_regexp package instead")
pub type CompileError {
CompileError(
/// The problem encountered that caused the compilation to fail
error: String,
/// The byte index into the string to where the problem was found
/// This value may not be correct in JavaScript environments.
byte_index: Int,
)
}
@deprecated("Please use the gleam_regexp package instead")
pub type Options {
Options(case_insensitive: Bool, multi_line: Bool)
}
/// Creates a `Regex` with some additional options.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// ```gleam
/// let options = Options(case_insensitive: False, multi_line: True)
/// let assert Ok(re) = compile("^[0-9]", with: options)
/// check(re, "abc\n123")
/// // -> True
/// ```
///
/// ```gleam
/// let options = Options(case_insensitive: True, multi_line: False)
/// let assert Ok(re) = compile("[A-Z]", with: options)
/// check(re, "abc123")
/// // -> True
/// ```
///
@deprecated("Please use the gleam_regexp package instead")
@external(erlang, "gleam_stdlib", "compile_regex")
@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "compile_regex")
pub fn compile(
pattern: String,
with options: Options,
) -> Result(Regex, CompileError)
/// Creates a new `Regex`.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// ```gleam
/// let assert Ok(re) = from_string("[0-9]")
/// check(re, "abc123")
/// // -> True
/// ```
///
/// ```gleam
/// check(re, "abcxyz")
/// // -> False
/// ```
///
/// ```gleam
/// from_string("[0-9")
/// // -> Error(CompileError(
/// // error: "missing terminating ] for character class",
/// // byte_index: 4
/// // ))
/// ```
///
@deprecated("Please use the gleam_regexp package instead")
pub fn from_string(pattern: String) -> Result(Regex, CompileError) {
compile(pattern, Options(case_insensitive: False, multi_line: False))
}
/// Returns a boolean indicating whether there was a match or not.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// ```gleam
/// let assert Ok(re) = from_string("^f.o.?")
/// check(with: re, content: "foo")
/// // -> True
/// ```
///
/// ```gleam
/// check(with: re, content: "boo")
/// // -> False
/// ```
///
@deprecated("Please use the gleam_regexp package instead")
@external(erlang, "gleam_stdlib", "regex_check")
@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "regex_check")
pub fn check(with regex: Regex, content string: String) -> Bool
/// Splits a string.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// ```gleam
/// let assert Ok(re) = from_string(" *, *")
/// split(with: re, content: "foo,32, 4, 9 ,0")
/// // -> ["foo", "32", "4", "9", "0"]
/// ```
///
@deprecated("Please use the gleam_regexp package instead")
@external(erlang, "gleam_stdlib", "regex_split")
@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "regex_split")
pub fn split(with regex: Regex, content string: String) -> List(String)
/// Collects all matches of the regular expression.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// ```gleam
/// let assert Ok(re) = from_string("[oi]n a (\\w+)")
/// scan(with: re, content: "I am on a boat in a lake.")
/// // -> [
/// // Match(content: "on a boat", submatches: [Some("boat")]),
/// // Match(content: "in a lake", submatches: [Some("lake")]),
/// // ]
/// ```
///
/// ```gleam
/// let assert Ok(re) = regex.from_string("([+|\\-])?(\\d+)(\\w+)?")
/// scan(with: re, content: "-36")
/// // -> [
/// // Match(content: "-36", submatches: [Some("-"), Some("36")])
/// // ]
///
/// scan(with: re, content: "36")
/// // -> [
/// // Match(content: "36", submatches: [None, Some("36")])
/// // ]
/// ```
///
/// ```gleam
/// let assert Ok(re) =
/// regex.from_string("var\\s*(\\w+)\\s*(int|string)?\\s*=\\s*(.*)")
/// scan(with: re, content: "var age = 32")
/// // -> [
/// // Match(
/// // content: "var age = 32",
/// // submatches: [Some("age"), None, Some("32")],
/// // ),
/// // ]
/// ```
///
/// ```gleam
/// let assert Ok(re) = regex.from_string("let (\\w+) = (\\w+)")
/// scan(with: re, content: "let age = 32")
/// // -> [
/// // Match(
/// // content: "let age = 32",
/// // submatches: [Some("age"), Some("32")],
/// // ),
/// // ]
///
/// scan(with: re, content: "const age = 32")
/// // -> []
/// ```
///
@deprecated("Please use the gleam_regexp package instead")
@external(erlang, "gleam_stdlib", "regex_scan")
@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "regex_scan")
pub fn scan(with regex: Regex, content string: String) -> List(Match)
/// Creates a new `String` by replacing all substrings that match the regular
/// expression.
///
/// ## Examples
///
/// ```gleam
/// let assert Ok(re) = regex.from_string("^https://")
/// replace(each: re, in: "https://example.com", with: "www.")
/// // -> "www.example.com"
/// ```
///
/// ```gleam
/// let assert Ok(re) = regex.from_string("[, +-]")
/// replace(each: re, in: "a,b-c d+e", with: "/")
/// // -> "a/b/c/d/e"
/// ```
@deprecated("Please use the gleam_regexp package instead")
@external(erlang, "gleam_stdlib", "regex_replace")
@external(javascript, "../gleam_stdlib.mjs", "regex_replace")
pub fn replace(
each pattern: Regex,
in string: String,
with substitute: String,
) -> String