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<body> <div class="navbar"><a href="Netstring_str.html">Previous</a> <a href="index.html">Up</a> <a href="Netstring_mt.html">Next</a> </div> <center><h1>Module <a href="type_Netstring_pcre.html">Netstring_pcre</a></h1></center> <br> <pre><span class="keyword">module</span> Netstring_pcre: <code class="code">sig</code> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html">..</a> <code class="code">end</code></pre>Wrapper for regexps with PCRE syntax <p> This module is a version of <code class="code">Str</code> with a thread-safe interface, implemented using Pcre. <p> This modules processes PCRE-style regular expressions. If you like to write <code class="code">Str</code>-like regexps, you can also use <a href="Netstring_str.html"><code class="code">Netstring_str</code></a> with almost the same signature.<br> <hr width="100%"> <br> Supported regexp syntax: See pcrepattern(3).<br> <pre><span class="keyword">type</span> <a name="TYPEregexp"></a><code class="type"></code>regexp = <code class="type">Pcre.regexp</code> </pre> <div class="info"> The type of regular expressions; now based on <code class="code">Pcre</code><br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">type</span> <a name="TYPEsplit_result"></a><code class="type"></code>split_result = <code class="type">Pcre.split_result</code> = </pre><table class="typetable"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" > <code><span class="keyword">|</span></code></td> <td align="left" valign="top" > <code><span class="constructor">Text</span> <span class="keyword">of</span> <code class="type">string</code></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" > <code><span class="keyword">|</span></code></td> <td align="left" valign="top" > <code><span class="constructor">Delim</span> <span class="keyword">of</span> <code class="type">string</code></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" > <code><span class="keyword">|</span></code></td> <td align="left" valign="top" > <code><span class="constructor">Group</span> <span class="keyword">of</span> <code class="type">int * string</code></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" > <code><span class="keyword">|</span></code></td> <td align="left" valign="top" > <code><span class="constructor">NoGroup</span></code></td> <td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="top" ><code>(*</code></td><td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="top" >Here we keep compatiblity with <code class="code">Pcre</code></td><td class="typefieldcomment" align="left" valign="bottom" ><code>*)</code></td> </tr></table> <pre><span class="keyword">type</span> <a name="TYPEresult"></a><code class="type"></code>result </pre> <div class="info"> The type of matching results<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALregexp"></a>regexp : <code class="type">string -> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a></code></pre><div class="info"> Parses a regexp<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALregexp_case_fold"></a>regexp_case_fold : <code class="type">string -> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a></code></pre><div class="info"> Parses a case-insensitive regexp<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALquote"></a>quote : <code class="type">string -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> Quotes a string such that it can be included in a regexp<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALregexp_string"></a>regexp_string : <code class="type">string -> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a></code></pre><div class="info"> Returns a regexp that matches exactly the string<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALregexp_string_case_fold"></a>regexp_string_case_fold : <code class="type">string -> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a></code></pre><div class="info"> Returns a case-insensitive regexp that matches exactly the string<br> </div> <br> Note: the <code class="code">groups</code> argument is ignored in the following functions. Once upon a time this argument determined how many groups were copied to the <code class="code">result</code> value. Now all groups are accessible in the <code class="code">result</code> value, no matter what <code class="code">groups</code> says.<br> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALstring_match"></a>string_match : <code class="type">?groups:int -><br> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> int -> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a> option</code></pre><div class="info"> Matches the string at the position with the regexp. Returns <code class="code">None</code> if no match is found. Returns <code class="code">Some r</code> on success, and <code class="code">r</code> describes the match.<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALsearch_forward"></a>search_forward : <code class="type">?groups:int -><br> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> int -> int * <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a></code></pre><div class="info"> Searches a match of the string with the regexp, starting at the position and in forward direction. Raises <code class="code">Not_found</code> if no match could be found. Returns <code class="code">(p,r)</code> when a match at position <code class="code">p</code> is found, described by <code class="code">r</code>.<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALsearch_backward"></a>search_backward : <code class="type">?groups:int -><br> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> int -> int * <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a></code></pre><div class="info"> Searches a match of the string with the regexp, starting at the position and in backward direction. Raises <code class="code">Not_found</code> if no match could be found. Returns <code class="code">(p,r)</code> when a match at position <code class="code">p</code> is found, described by <code class="code">r</code>.<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALmatched_string"></a>matched_string : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a> -> string -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> Extracts the matched part from the string. The string argument must be the same string passed to <code class="code">string_match</code> or the search functions, and the result argument must be the corresponding result.<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALmatch_beginning"></a>match_beginning : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a> -> int</code></pre><div class="info"> Returns the position where the matched part begins<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALmatch_end"></a>match_end : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a> -> int</code></pre><div class="info"> Returns the position where the matched part ends<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALmatched_group"></a>matched_group : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a> -> int -> string -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> Extracts the substring the nth group matches from the whole string. The string argument must be the same string passed to <code class="code">string_match</code> or the search functions, and the result argument must be the corresponding result.<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALgroup_beginning"></a>group_beginning : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a> -> int -> int</code></pre><div class="info"> Returns the position where the substring matching the nth group begins<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALgroup_end"></a>group_end : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a> -> int -> int</code></pre><div class="info"> Returns the position where the substring matching the nth group ends<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALglobal_replace"></a>global_replace : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> string -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> <code class="code">global_replace re templ s</code>: Replaces all matchings of <code class="code">re</code> in <code class="code">s</code> by <code class="code">templ</code>. <p> In <code class="code">templ</code> one can refer to matched groups by the backslash notation: <code class="code">\1</code> refers to the first group, <code class="code">\2</code> to the second etc. <code class="code">\0</code> is the whole match. <code class="code">\\ </code> is the backslash character.<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALreplace_first"></a>replace_first : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> string -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> <code class="code">replace_first re templ s</code>: Replaces the first match of <code class="code">re</code> in <code class="code">s</code> by <code class="code">templ</code>. <p> In <code class="code">templ</code> one can refer to matched groups by the backslash notation: <code class="code">\1</code> refers to the first group, <code class="code">\2</code> to the second etc. <code class="code">\0</code> is the whole match. <code class="code">\\ </code> is the backslash character.<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALglobal_substitute"></a>global_substitute : <code class="type">?groups:int -><br> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -><br> (<a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a> -> string -> string) -> string -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> <code class="code">global_substitute re subst s</code>: Applies the substitution function <code class="code">subst</code> to all matchings of <code class="code">re</code> in <code class="code">s</code>, and returns the transformed string. <code class="code">subst</code> is called with the current <code class="code">result</code> of the match and the whole string <code class="code">s</code>.<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALsubstitute_first"></a>substitute_first : <code class="type">?groups:int -><br> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -><br> (<a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEresult">result</a> -> string -> string) -> string -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> <code class="code">substitute_first re subst s</code>: Applies the substitution function <code class="code">subst</code> to the first matching of <code class="code">re</code> in <code class="code">s</code>, and returns the transformed string. <code class="code">subst</code> is called with the current <code class="code">result</code> of the match and the whole string <code class="code">s</code>.<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALsplit"></a>split : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> string list</code></pre><div class="info"> Splits the string according to the regexp in substrings. Occurrences of the delimiter at the beginning and the end are ignored.<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALbounded_split"></a>bounded_split : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> int -> string list</code></pre><div class="info"> Splits into at most <code class="code">n</code> substrings, based on <code class="code">split</code><br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALsplit_delim"></a>split_delim : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> string list</code></pre><div class="info"> Same as <code class="code">split</code>, but occurrences of the delimiter at the beginning and the end are returned as empty strings<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALbounded_split_delim"></a>bounded_split_delim : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> int -> string list</code></pre><div class="info"> Splits into at most <code class="code">n</code> substrings, based on <code class="code">split_delim</code><br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALfull_split"></a>full_split : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEsplit_result">split_result</a> list</code></pre><div class="info"> Like <code class="code">split_delim</code>, but returns the delimiters in the result<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALbounded_full_split"></a>bounded_full_split : <code class="type"><a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEregexp">regexp</a> -> string -> int -> <a href="Netstring_pcre.html#TYPEsplit_result">split_result</a> list</code></pre><div class="info"> Splits into at most <code class="code">n</code> substrings, based on <code class="code">full_split</code><br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALstring_before"></a>string_before : <code class="type">string -> int -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> The first <code class="code">n</code> characters of a string<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALstring_after"></a>string_after : <code class="type">string -> int -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> The last <code class="code">n</code> characters of a string<br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALfirst_chars"></a>first_chars : <code class="type">string -> int -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> Same as <code class="code">string_before</code><br> </div> <pre><span class="keyword">val</span> <a name="VALlast_chars"></a>last_chars : <code class="type">string -> int -> string</code></pre><div class="info"> Same as <code class="code">string_after</code><br> </div> </body></html>