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%% @author Anatolii Kosorukov <java1cprog@yandex.ru> [rustkas.github.io/]
%% @copyright 2021 by Anatolii Kosorukov
%% @doc Helper function for working with Regular Expression Erlanb re module.
-module(re_tuner).
-export([tune/1, avoid_characters/0, save_pattern/1]).
%% @doc Replace Regex pattern to more siple one.
%% @returns Transformed Regex pattern.
-spec tune(Regex) -> Result
when Regex :: string(),
Result :: string().
% \s
tune("\\s") ->
"[ \\t\\n\\r]";
% [^\s]
tune("[^\\s]") ->
"[^ \\t\\n\\r]";
% \w
tune("\\w") ->
"[0-9_a-zA-Z]";
% [^\w]
tune("[^\\w]") ->
"[^0-9_a-zA-Z]";
% \h
tune("\\h") ->
"[\\x9,\\x20]";
% [^\h]
tune("[^\\h]") ->
"[\\0-\\x8\\xA-\\x1F\\x21-x7F]";
% \v
tune("\\v") ->
"[\\xA-\\xD]";
% [^\h]
tune("[^\\v]") ->
"[\\0-\\x9\\xE-x7F]";
% Posix [[:alnum:]]
tune("[[:alnum:]]") ->
"[\\x30-\\x39\\x41-\\x5A\\x61-\\x7A]";
% Posix [[:^alnum:]]
tune("[[:^alnum:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x29\\x3A-\\x40\\x5B-\\x60\\x7B-\\x7F]";
% Posix [[:alpha:]]
tune("[[:alpha:]]") ->
"[\\x41-\\x5A\\x61-\\x7A]";
% Posix [[:^alpha:]]
tune("[[:^alpha:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x40\\x5B-\\x60\\x7B-\\x7F]";
% Posix [[:lower:]]
tune("[[:lower:]]") ->
"[\\x61-\\x7A]";
% Posix [[:^lower:]]
tune("[[:^lower:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x60\\x7B-\\x7F]";
% Posix [[:upper:]]
tune("[[:upper:]]") ->
"[\\x41-\\x5A]";
tune("[[:^upper:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x40\\x5B-\\xF7]";
% Posix [[:digit:]]
tune("[[:digit:]]") ->
"[\\x30-\\x39]";
tune("[[:^digit:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x29\\x3A-\\x7F]";
% Posix [[:graph:]]
tune("[[:graph:]]") ->
"[\\x21-\\x7E]";
tune("[[:^graph:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x20\\x7F]";
% Posix [[:print:]]
tune("[[:print:]]") ->
"[\\x20-\\x7E]";
tune("[[:^print:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x1F\\x7F]";
% Posix [[:punct:]]
tune("[[:punct:]]") ->
"[\\x21-\\x2F\\x3A-\\x40\\x5B-\\x60\\x7B-\\x7E]";
tune("[[:^punct:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x20\\x30-\\x39\\x41-\\x5A\\x61-\\x7A\\x7F]";
% Posix [[:space:]]
tune("[[:space:]]") ->
"[\\x9-\\xD\\x20]";
tune("[[:^space:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x8\\xE-\\x1F\\x21-\\x7F]";
% Posix [[:cntrl:]]
tune("[[:cntrl:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x1F]";
tune("[[:^cntrl:]]") ->
"[\\x20-\\x7F]";
% Posix [[:ascii:]]
tune("[[:ascii:]]") ->
"[\\0-\\x7F]".
%% @doc The list of characters which raise an error if escape character is not used.
%% @returns The list of spectial characters.
-spec avoid_characters() -> Result when Result :: string().
avoid_characters() ->
"*.^$|{}]\-".
%% @doc Make save Regex pattern which make literal for any character.
%% @returns Save pattern
-spec save_pattern(Pattern) -> SavePattern
when Pattern :: string(),
SavePattern :: string().
save_pattern(Pattern) ->
"\\Q" ++ Pattern ++ "\\E".