# Regular expression subroutines: # sub(pat, repl, str): replace first occurrence of pattern in string # gsub(pat, repl, str): replace all occurrences of pattern in string # split(str, pat): split string using pattern as delimiter import regex # Replace first occurrence of pattern pat in string str by replacement # repl. If the pattern isn't found, the string is returned unchanged. # The replacement may contain references \digit to subpatterns and # escaped backslashes. The pattern may be a string or an already # compiled pattern. def sub(pat, repl, str): prog = compile(pat) if prog.search(str) >= 0: regs = prog.regs a, b = regs[0] str = str[:a] + expand(repl, regs, str) + str[b:] return str # Replace all (non-overlapping) occurrences of pattern pat in string # str by replacement repl. The same rules as for sub() apply. # Empty matches for the pattern are replaced only when not adjacent to # a previous match, so e.g. gsub('', '-', 'abc') returns '-a-b-c-'. def gsub(pat, repl, str): prog = compile(pat) new = '' start = 0 first = 1 while prog.search(str, start) >= 0: regs = prog.regs a, b = regs[0] if a == b == start and not first: if start >= len(str) or prog.search(str, start+1) < 0: break regs = prog.regs a, b = regs[0] new = new + str[start:a] + expand(repl, regs, str) start = b first = 0 new = new + str[start:] return new # Split string str in fields separated by delimiters matching pattern # pat. Only non-empty matches for the pattern are considered, so e.g. # split('abc', '') returns ['abc']. def split(str, pat): prog = compile(pat) res = [] start = next = 0 while prog.search(str, next) >= 0: regs = prog.regs a, b = regs[0] if a == b: next = next + 1 if next >= len(str): break else: res.append(str[start:a]) start = next = b res.append(str[start:]) return res # Internal subroutines: # compile(pat): compile a pattern, caching already compiled patterns # expand(repl, regs, str): expand \digit escapes in replacement string # Manage a cache of compiled regular expressions. # If the pattern is a string a compiled version of it is returned. # If the pattern has been used before we return an already compiled # version from the cache; otherwise we compile it now and save the # compiled version in the cache. # Instead of a string, a compiled regular expression can also be # passed. # WARNING: if the pattern syntax is changed, the cache should be # flushed! cache = {} def compile(pat): if type(pat) <> type(''): return pat # Assume it is a compiled regex if cache.has_key(pat): prog = cache[pat] # Get it from the cache else: prog = cache[pat] = regex.compile(pat) return prog # Expand \digit in the replacement. # Each occurrence of \digit is replaced by the substring of str # indicated by regs[digit]. To include a literal \ in the # replacement, double it; other \ escapes are left unchanged (i.e. # the \ and the following character are both copied). def expand(repl, regs, str): if '\\' not in repl: return repl new = '' i = 0 while i < len(repl): c = repl[i]; i = i+1 if c <> '\\' or i >= len(repl): new = new + c else: c = repl[i]; i = i+1 if '0' <= c <= '9': a, b = regs[eval(c)] new = new + str[a:b] elif c == '\\': new = new + c else: new = new + '\\' + c return new # Test program, reads sequences "pat repl str" from stdin. # Optional argument specifies pattern used to split lines. def test(): import sys if sys.argv[1:]: delpat = sys.argv[1] else: delpat = '[ \t\n]+' while 1: if sys.stdin.isatty(): sys.stderr.write('--> ') line = sys.stdin.readline() if not line: break if line[-1] == '\n': line = line[:-1] fields = split(line, delpat) if len(fields) <> 3: print 'Sorry, not three fields' print 'split:', `fields` continue [pat, repl, str] = split(line, delpat) print 'sub :', `sub(pat, repl, str)` print 'gsub:', `gsub(pat, repl, str)`