Class: RE2::MatchData

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
ext/re2/re2.cc

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#[](index) ⇒ String? #[](start, length) ⇒ Array<String, nil> #[](range) ⇒ Array<String, nil> #[](name) ⇒ String?

Retrieve zero, one or more matches by index or name.

Note RE2 only supports UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1 encoding so strings will be returned in UTF-8 by default or ISO-8859-1 if the :utf8 option for the Regexp is set to false (any other encoding's behaviour is undefined).

Overloads:

  • #[](index) ⇒ String?

    Access a particular match by index.

    Examples:

    m = RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+)').match("bob 123")
    m[0] #=> "123"

    Parameters:

    • index (Integer)

      the index of the match to fetch

    Returns:

    • (String, nil)

      the specified match or nil if it isn't present

  • #[](start, length) ⇒ Array<String, nil>

    Access a range of matches by starting index and length.

    Examples:

    m = RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+)').match("bob 123")
    m[0, 1] #=> ["123"]

    Parameters:

    • start (Integer)

      the index from which to start

    • length (Integer)

      the number of elements to fetch

    Returns:

    • (Array<String, nil>)

      the specified matches

  • #[](range) ⇒ Array<String, nil>

    Access a range of matches by index.

    Examples:

    m = RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+)').match("bob 123")
    m[0..1] #=> "[123", "123"]

    Parameters:

    • range (Range)

      the range of match indexes to fetch

    Returns:

    • (Array<String, nil>)

      the specified matches

  • #[](name) ⇒ String?

    Access a particular match by name.

    Examples:

    m = RE2::Regexp.new('(?P<number>\d+)').match("bob 123")
    m["number"] #=> "123"
    m[:number]  #=> "123"

    Parameters:

    • name (String, Symbol)

      the name of the match to fetch

    Returns:

    • (String, nil)

      the specific match or nil if it isn't present



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 675

static VALUE re2_matchdata_aref(int argc, VALUE *argv, const VALUE self) {
  VALUE idx, rest;
  rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &idx, &rest);

  if (TYPE(idx) == T_STRING) {
    return re2_matchdata_named_match(
        std::string(RSTRING_PTR(idx), RSTRING_LEN(idx)), self);
  } else if (SYMBOL_P(idx)) {
    return re2_matchdata_named_match(rb_id2name(SYM2ID(idx)), self);
  } else if (!NIL_P(rest) || !FIXNUM_P(idx) || FIX2INT(idx) < 0) {
    return rb_ary_aref(argc, argv, re2_matchdata_to_a(self));
  } else {
    return re2_matchdata_nth_match(FIX2INT(idx), self);
  }
}

#begin(n) ⇒ Integer?

Returns the offset of the start of the nth element of the RE2::MatchData.

Examples:

m = RE2::Regexp.new('ob (\d+)').match("bob 123")
m.begin(0) #=> 1
m.begin(1) #=> 4

Parameters:

  • n (Integer, String, Symbol)

    the name or number of the submatch

Returns:

  • (Integer, nil)

    the offset of the start of the match or nil if there is no such submatch



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 479

static VALUE re2_matchdata_begin(const VALUE self, VALUE n) {
  re2_matchdata *m;

  TypedData_Get_Struct(self, re2_matchdata, &re2_matchdata_data_type, m);

  re2::StringPiece *match = re2_matchdata_find_match(n, self);
  if (match == NULL) {
    return Qnil;
  } else {
    long offset = match->data() - RSTRING_PTR(m->text);

    return LONG2NUM(rb_str_sublen(m->text, offset));
  }
}

#deconstructArray<String, nil>

Returns the array of submatches for pattern matching.

Note RE2 only supports UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1 encoding so strings will be returned in UTF-8 by default or ISO-8859-1 if the :utf8 option for the Regexp is set to false (any other encoding's behaviour is undefined).

Examples:

m = RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+)').match("bob 123")
m.deconstruct #=> ["123"]

pattern matching

case RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+) (\d+)').match("bob 123 456")
in x, y
  puts "Matched #{x} #{y}"
else
  puts "Unrecognised match"
end

Returns:

  • (Array<String, nil>)

    the array of submatches



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 767

static VALUE re2_matchdata_deconstruct(const VALUE self) {
  re2_matchdata *m;
  re2_pattern *p;

  TypedData_Get_Struct(self, re2_matchdata, &re2_matchdata_data_type, m);
  TypedData_Get_Struct(m->regexp, re2_pattern, &re2_regexp_data_type, p);

  VALUE array = rb_ary_new2(m->number_of_matches - 1);
  for (int i = 1; i < m->number_of_matches; ++i) {
    re2::StringPiece *match = &m->matches[i];

    if (match->empty()) {
      rb_ary_push(array, Qnil);
    } else {
      rb_ary_push(array, encoded_str_new(match->data(), match->size(),
            p->pattern->options().encoding()));
    }
  }

  return array;
}

#deconstruct_keys(keys) ⇒ Hash

Returns a hash of capturing group names to submatches for pattern matching.

As this is used by Ruby's pattern matching, it will return an empty hash if given more keys than there are capturing groups. Given keys will populate the hash in order but an invalid name will cause the hash to be immediately returned.

Note RE2 only supports UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1 encoding so strings will be returned in UTF-8 by default or ISO-8859-1 if the :utf8 option for the Regexp is set to false (any other encoding's behaviour is undefined).

Examples:

m = RE2::Regexp.new('(?P<numbers>\d+) (?P<letters>[a-zA-Z]+)').match('123 abc')
m.deconstruct_keys(nil)                #=> {numbers: "123", letters: "abc"}
m.deconstruct_keys([:numbers])         #=> {numbers: "123"}
m.deconstruct_keys([:fruit])           #=> {}
m.deconstruct_keys([:letters, :fruit]) #=> {letters: "abc"}

pattern matching

case RE2::Regexp.new('(?P<numbers>\d+) (?P<letters>[a-zA-Z]+)').match('123 abc')
in numbers:, letters:
  puts "Numbers: #{numbers}, letters: #{letters}"
else
  puts "Unrecognised match"
end

Parameters:

  • keys (Array<Symbol>, nil)

    an array of Symbol capturing group names or nil to return all names

Returns:

  • (Hash)

    a hash of capturing group names to submatches



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 818

static VALUE re2_matchdata_deconstruct_keys(const VALUE self, const VALUE keys) {
  re2_matchdata *m;
  re2_pattern *p;

  TypedData_Get_Struct(self, re2_matchdata, &re2_matchdata_data_type, m);
  TypedData_Get_Struct(m->regexp, re2_pattern, &re2_regexp_data_type, p);

  const std::map<std::string, int>& groups = p->pattern->NamedCapturingGroups();
  VALUE capturing_groups = rb_hash_new();

  if (NIL_P(keys)) {
    for (std::map<std::string, int>::const_iterator it = groups.begin(); it != groups.end(); ++it) {
      rb_hash_aset(capturing_groups,
          ID2SYM(rb_intern(it->first.data())),
          re2_matchdata_nth_match(it->second, self));
    }
  } else {
    Check_Type(keys, T_ARRAY);

    if (p->pattern->NumberOfCapturingGroups() >= RARRAY_LEN(keys)) {
      for (int i = 0; i < RARRAY_LEN(keys); ++i) {
        VALUE key = rb_ary_entry(keys, i);
        Check_Type(key, T_SYMBOL);
        const char *name = rb_id2name(SYM2ID(key));
        std::map<std::string, int>::const_iterator search = groups.find(name);

        if (search != groups.end()) {
          rb_hash_aset(capturing_groups, key, re2_matchdata_nth_match(search->second, self));
        } else {
          break;
        }
      }
    }
  }

  return capturing_groups;
}

#end(n) ⇒ Integer?

Returns the offset of the character following the end of the nth element of the RE2::MatchData.

Examples:

m = RE2::Regexp.new('ob (\d+) b').match("bob 123 bob")
m.end(0) #=> 9
m.end(1) #=> 7

Parameters:

  • n (Integer, String, Symbol)

    the name or number of the match

Returns:

  • (Integer, nil)

    the offset of the character following the end of the match or nil if there is no such match



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 506

static VALUE re2_matchdata_end(const VALUE self, VALUE n) {
  re2_matchdata *m;

  TypedData_Get_Struct(self, re2_matchdata, &re2_matchdata_data_type, m);

  re2::StringPiece *match = re2_matchdata_find_match(n, self);
  if (match == NULL) {
    return Qnil;
  } else {
    long offset = (match->data() - RSTRING_PTR(m->text)) + match->size();

    return LONG2NUM(rb_str_sublen(m->text, offset));
  }
}

#inspectString

Returns a printable version of the match.

Note RE2 only supports UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1 encoding so strings will be returned in UTF-8 by default or ISO-8859-1 if the :utf8 option for the Regexp is set to false (any other encoding's behaviour is undefined).

Examples:

m = RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+)').match("bob 123")
m.inspect #=> "#<RE2::MatchData \"123\" 1:\"123\">"

Returns:

  • (String)

    a printable version of the match



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 712

static VALUE re2_matchdata_inspect(const VALUE self) {
  re2_matchdata *m;
  re2_pattern *p;

  TypedData_Get_Struct(self, re2_matchdata, &re2_matchdata_data_type, m);
  TypedData_Get_Struct(m->regexp, re2_pattern, &re2_regexp_data_type, p);

  std::ostringstream output;
  output << "#<RE2::MatchData";

  for (int i = 0; i < m->number_of_matches; ++i) {
    output << " ";

    if (i > 0) {
      output << i << ":";
    }

    VALUE match = re2_matchdata_nth_match(i, self);

    if (match == Qnil) {
      output << "nil";
    } else {
      output << "\"";
      output.write(RSTRING_PTR(match), RSTRING_LEN(match));
      output << "\"";
    }
  }

  output << ">";

  return encoded_str_new(output.str().data(), output.str().length(),
      p->pattern->options().encoding());
}

#lengthInteger

Returns the number of elements in the RE2::MatchData (including the overall match, submatches and any nils).

Examples:

m = RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+)').match("bob 123")
m.size   #=> 2
m.length #=> 2

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    the number of elements



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 460

static VALUE re2_matchdata_size(const VALUE self) {
  re2_matchdata *m;

  TypedData_Get_Struct(self, re2_matchdata, &re2_matchdata_data_type, m);

  return INT2FIX(m->number_of_matches);
}

#regexpRE2::Regexp

Returns the Regexp used in the match.

Examples:

m = RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+)').match("bob 123")
m.regexp #=> #<RE2::Regexp /(\d+)/>

Returns:

  • (RE2::Regexp)

    the regular expression used in the match



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 529

static VALUE re2_matchdata_regexp(const VALUE self) {
  re2_matchdata *m;
  TypedData_Get_Struct(self, re2_matchdata, &re2_matchdata_data_type, m);

  return m->regexp;
}

#sizeInteger

Returns the number of elements in the RE2::MatchData (including the overall match, submatches and any nils).

Examples:

m = RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+)').match("bob 123")
m.size   #=> 2
m.length #=> 2

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    the number of elements



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 460

static VALUE re2_matchdata_size(const VALUE self) {
  re2_matchdata *m;

  TypedData_Get_Struct(self, re2_matchdata, &re2_matchdata_data_type, m);

  return INT2FIX(m->number_of_matches);
}

#stringString

Returns a frozen copy of the text supplied when matching.

If the text was already a frozen string, returns the original.

Examples:

m = RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+)').partial_match("bob 123")
m.string #=> "bob 123"

Returns:

  • (String)

    a frozen string with the text supplied when matching



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 273

static VALUE re2_matchdata_string(const VALUE self) {
  re2_matchdata *m;
  TypedData_Get_Struct(self, re2_matchdata, &re2_matchdata_data_type, m);

  return m->text;
}

#to_aArray<String, nil>

Returns the array of matches including the overall match, submatches and any nils.

Note RE2 only supports UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1 encoding so strings will be returned in UTF-8 by default or ISO-8859-1 if the :utf8 option for the Regexp is set to false (any other encoding's behaviour is undefined).

Examples:

m = RE2::Regexp.new('(\d+)').match("bob 123")
m.to_a #=> ["123", "123"]

Returns:

  • (Array<String, nil>)

    the array of matches



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 570

static VALUE re2_matchdata_to_a(const VALUE self) {
  re2_matchdata *m;
  re2_pattern *p;

  TypedData_Get_Struct(self, re2_matchdata, &re2_matchdata_data_type, m);
  TypedData_Get_Struct(m->regexp, re2_pattern, &re2_regexp_data_type, p);

  VALUE array = rb_ary_new2(m->number_of_matches);
  for (int i = 0; i < m->number_of_matches; ++i) {
    re2::StringPiece *match = &m->matches[i];

    if (match->empty()) {
      rb_ary_push(array, Qnil);
    } else {
      rb_ary_push(array, encoded_str_new(match->data(), match->size(),
            p->pattern->options().encoding()));
    }
  }

  return array;
}

#to_sString

Returns the entire matched string.

Returns:

  • (String)

    the entire matched string



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# File 'ext/re2/re2.cc', line 696

static VALUE re2_matchdata_to_s(const VALUE self) {
  return re2_matchdata_nth_match(0, self);
}