Convenience alias for RE working (also) on Text.

Match and return the given symbol

Match and return a single Char which satisfies the predicate

Like psym, but allows to return a computed value instead of the original symbol

Match and return any single symbol

Match and return the given Text.

import Text.Regex.Applicative

number = string "one" *> pure 1 <|> string "two" *> pure 2

main = print $ "two" =~ number

Match zero or more instances of the given expression, which are combined using the given folding function.

Greediness argument controls whether this regular expression should match as many as possible (Greedy) or as few as possible (NonGreedy) instances of the underlying expression.

Match zero or more instances of the given expression, but as few of them as possible (i.e. non-greedily). A greedy equivalent of few is many.x

>>> findFirstPrefix (few anySym  <* "b") "ababab"
Just ("a","abab")
>>> findFirstPrefix (many anySym  <* "b") "ababab"
Just ("ababa","")

Return matched symbols as part of the return value

Attempt to match a Text against the regular expression. Note that the whole string (not just some part of it) should be matched.

>>> match (sym 'a' <|> sym 'b') "a"
Just 'a'
>>> match (sym 'a' <|> sym 'b') "ab"
Nothing

s =~ a = match a s

Replace matches of regular expression with it's value.

>>> replace ("!" <$ sym 'f' <* some (sym 'o')) "quuxfoofooooofoobarfobar"
"quux!!!bar!bar"

Find a string prefix which is matched by the regular expression.

Of all matching prefixes, pick one using left bias (prefer the left part of <|> to the right part) and greediness.

This is the match which a backtracking engine (such as Perl's one) would find first.

If match is found, the rest of the input is also returned.

>>> findFirstPrefix ("a" <|> "ab") "abc"
Just ("a","bc")
>>> findFirstPrefix ("ab" <|> "a") "abc"
Just ("ab","c")
>>> findFirstPrefix "bc" "abc"
Nothing

Find the longest string prefix which is matched by the regular expression.

Submatches are still determined using left bias and greediness, so this is different from POSIX semantics.

If match is found, the rest of the input is also returned.

>>> let keyword = "if"
>>> let identifier = many $ psym isAlpha
>>> let lexeme = (Left <$> keyword) <|> (Right <$> identifier)
>>> findLongestPrefix lexeme "if foo"
Just (Left "if"," foo")
>>> findLongestPrefix lexeme "iffoo"
Just (Right "iffoo","")

Find the shortest prefix (analogous to findLongestPrefix)

Find the leftmost substring that is matched by the regular expression. Otherwise behaves like findFirstPrefix. Returns the result together with the prefix and suffix of the string surrounding the match.

Find the leftmost substring that is matched by the regular expression. Otherwise behaves like findLongestPrefix. Returns the result together with the prefix and suffix of the string surrounding the match.

Find the leftmost substring that is matched by the regular expression. Otherwise behaves like findShortestPrefix. Returns the result together with the prefix and suffix of the string surrounding the match.