expressions.
VERSION
- Version 1.00
+ Version 1.03
SYNOPSIS
use Regexp::Wildcards;
$re = $rw->convert('a{b?,c}*'); # Do it Unix shell style.
$re = $rw->convert('a?,b*', 'win32'); # Do it Windows shell style.
$re = $rw->convert('*{x,y}?', 'jokers'); # Process the jokers and escape the rest.
- $re = $rw->convert('%a_c%', 'sql'); # Turn SQL wildcards into regexps.
+ $re = $rw->convert('%a_c%', 'sql'); # Turn SQL wildcards into regexps.
$rw = Regexp::Wildcards->new(
do => [ qw/jokers brackets/ ], # Do jokers and brackets.
regular expressions, so that you can use them for matching.
It handles the "*" and "?" jokers, as well as Unix bracketed
- alternatives "{,}", but also "%" and "_" SQL wildcards. It can also keep
- original "(...)" groups. Backspace ("\") is used as an escape character.
+ alternatives "{,}", but also "%" and "_" SQL wildcards. If required, it
+ can also keep original "(...)" groups or "^" and "$" anchors. Backspace
+ ("\") is used as an escape character.
Typesets that mimic the behaviour of Windows and Unix shells are also
provided.
more details.
"do [ $what | set => $c1, add => $c2, rem => $c3 ]"
- Specifies the list of metacharacters to convert. They are classified
- into five classes :
+ Specifies the list of metacharacters to convert or to prevent for
+ escaping. They fit into six classes :
+
+ * 'jokers'
+
+ Converts "?" to "." and "*" to ".*".
- 'jokers' converts "?" to "." and "*" to ".*" ;
'a**\\*b??\\?c' ==> 'a.*\\*b..\\?c'
- 'sql' converts "_" to "." and "%" to ".*" ;
+ * 'sql'
+
+ Converts "_" to "." and "%" to ".*".
+
'a%%\\%b__\\_c' ==> 'a.*\\%b..\\_c'
- 'commas' converts all "," to "|" and puts the complete resulting regular
- expression inside "(?: ... )" ;
+ * 'commas'
+
+ Converts all "," to "|" and puts the complete resulting regular
+ expression inside "(?: ... )".
+
'a,b{c,d},e' ==> '(?:a|b\\{c|d\\}|e)'
- 'brackets' converts all matching "{ ... , ... }" brackets to "(?: ... |
- ... )" alternations. If some brackets are unbalanced, it tries to
- substitute as many of them as possible, and then escape the remaining
- unmatched "{" and "}". Commas outside of any bracket-delimited block are
- also escaped ;
+ * 'brackets'
+
+ Converts all matching "{ ... , ... }" brackets to "(?: ... | ... )"
+ alternations. If some brackets are unbalanced, it tries to
+ substitute as many of them as possible, and then escape the
+ remaining unmatched "{" and "}". Commas outside of any
+ bracket-delimited block are also escaped.
+
'a,b{c,d},e' ==> 'a\\,b(?:c|d)\\,e'
'{a\\{b,c}d,e}' ==> '(?:a\\{b|c)d\\,e\\}'
'{a{b,c\\}d,e}' ==> '\\{a\\{b\\,c\\}d\\,e\\}'
- 'groups' keeps the parenthesis "( ... )" of the original string without
- escaping them. Currently, no check is done to ensure that the
- parenthesis are matching.
+ * 'groups'
+
+ Keeps the parenthesis "( ... )" of the original string without
+ escaping them. Currently, no check is done to ensure that the
+ parenthesis are matching.
+
'a(b(c))d\\(\\)' ==> (no change)
+ * 'anchors'
+
+ Prevents the *beginning-of-line* "^" and *end-of-line* "$" anchors
+ to be escaped. Since "[...]" character class are currently escaped,
+ a "^" will always be interpreted as *beginning-of-line*.
+
+ 'a^b$c' ==> (no change)
+
Each $c can be any of :
- A hash reference, with wanted metacharacter group names (described
- above) as keys and booleans as values ;
- An array reference containing the list of wanted metacharacter classes ;
- A plain scalar, when only one group is required.
+ * A hash reference, with wanted metacharacter group names (described
+ above) as keys and booleans as values ;
+
+ * An array reference containing the list of wanted metacharacter
+ classes ;
+
+ * A plain scalar, when only one group is required.
When "set" is present, the classes given as its value replace the
current object options. Then the "add" classes are added, and the "rem"
$rw->do(rem => 'jokers'); # Specifying both 'sql' and 'jokers' is useless.
$rw->do(); # Translate nothing.
+ The "do" method returns the Regexp::Wildcards object.
+
"type $type"
Notifies to convert the metacharacters that corresponds to the
- predefined type $type. $type can be any of 'jokers', 'sql', 'commas',
- 'brackets', 'win32' or 'unix'. An unknown or undefined value defaults to
- 'unix', except for 'dos', 'os2', 'MSWin32' and 'cygwin' that default to
- 'win32'. This means that you can pass $^O as the $type and get the
- corresponding shell behaviour. Returns the object.
+ predefined type $type. $type can be any of :
+
+ * 'jokers', 'sql', 'commas', 'brackets'
+
+ Singleton types that enable the corresponding "do" classes.
+
+ * 'unix'
+
+ Covers typical Unix shell globbing features (effectively 'jokers'
+ and 'brackets').
+
+ * $^O values for common Unix systems
+
+ Wrap to 'unix' (see perlport for the list).
+
+ * "undef"
+
+ Defaults to 'unix'.
+
+ * 'win32'
+
+ Covers typical Windows shell globbing features (effectively 'jokers'
+ and 'commas').
+
+ * 'dos', 'os2', 'MSWin32', 'cygwin'
+
+ Wrap to 'win32'.
+
+ In particular, you can usually pass $^O as the $type and get the
+ corresponding shell behaviour.
$rw->type('win32'); # Set type to win32.
+ $rw->type($^O); # Set type to unix on Unices and win32 on Windows
$rw->type(); # Set type to unix.
+ The "type" method returns the Regexp::Wildcards object.
+
"capture [ $captures | set => $c1, add => $c2, rem => $c3 ]"
Specifies the list of atoms to capture. This method works like "do",
except that the classes are different :
- 'single' will capture all unescaped *"exactly one"* metacharacters, i.e.
- "?" for wildcards or "_" for SQL ;
+ * 'single'
+
+ Captures all unescaped *"exactly one"* metacharacters, i.e. "?" for
+ wildcards or "_" for SQL.
+
'a???b\\??' ==> 'a(.)(.)(.)b\\?(.)'
'a___b\\__' ==> 'a(.)(.)(.)b\\_(.)'
- 'any' will capture all unescaped *"any"* metacharacters, i.e. "*" for
- wildcards or "%" for SQL ;
+ * 'any'
+
+ Captures all unescaped *"any"* metacharacters, i.e. "*" for
+ wildcards or "%" for SQL.
+
'a***b\\**' ==> 'a(.*)b\\*(.*)'
'a%%%b\\%%' ==> 'a(.*)b\\%(.*)'
- 'greedy', when used in conjunction with 'any', will make the 'any'
- captures greedy (by default they are not) ;
+ * 'greedy'
+
+ When used in conjunction with 'any', it makes the 'any' captures
+ greedy (by default they are not).
+
'a***b\\**' ==> 'a(.*?)b\\*(.*?)'
'a%%%b\\%%' ==> 'a(.*?)b\\%(.*?)'
- 'brackets' will capture matching "{ ... , ... }" alternations.
+ * 'brackets'
+
+ Capture matching "{ ... , ... }" alternations.
+
'a{b\\},\\{c}' ==> 'a(b\\}|\\{c)'
$rw->capture(set => 'single'); # Only capture "exactly one" metacharacters.
$rw->capture(rem => 'greedy'); # No more greed please.
$rw->capture(); # Capture nothing.
+ The "capture" method returns the Regexp::Wildcards object.
+
"convert $wc [ , $type ]"
Converts the wildcard expression $wc into a regular expression according
to the options stored into the Regexp::Wildcards object, or to $type if
it's supplied. It successively escapes all unprotected regexp special
characters that doesn't hold any meaning for wildcards, then replace
- 'jokers' or 'sql' and 'commas' or 'brackets' (depending on the "do" or
+ 'jokers', 'sql' and 'commas' or 'brackets' (depending on the "do" or
"type" options), all of this by applying the 'capture' rules specified
in the constructor or by "capture".
the file extension). For example, Windows XP shell matches *a like
".*a", "*a?" like ".*a.?", "*a??" like ".*a.{0,2}" and so on.
+SEE ALSO
+ Text::Glob.
+
AUTHOR
Vincent Pit, "<perl at profvince.com>", <http://www.profvince.com>.
- You can contact me by mail or on #perl @ FreeNode (vincent or
- Prof_Vince).
+ You can contact me by mail or on "irc.perl.org" (vincent).
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-regexp-wildcards at
<http://www.profvince.com/perl/cover/Regexp-Wildcards>.
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
- Copyright 2007-2008 Vincent Pit, all rights reserved.
+ Copyright 2007-2009 Vincent Pit, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
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