From: eben smith <eben.b.smith@...>
Date: 2011-02-17T18:59:33+09:00
Subject: Re: regex simplifier?

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Hey gang,
This is my first response. I don't know if this helps, but I use this site
quite a bit to clarify regular expressions when I am working with them.
http://www.rubular.com/
Regards,
Eben Smith

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Robert Klemme
<shortcutter@googlemail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> %r{(?<re>#{float})#{whitespace}(?<op>[+-])#{whitespace}(?<im>#{float})i}
> >>
> >> But the kicker is still how to remember that \s is white space, not \w.
> >> And we've been forced to do some tip toeing around the complexities of
> >> regex in order to make it readable.
> >>
> >> I had thought of a regex creator helper
> >>
> >> float = reg { optional(/[-+]/) + 'DIGIT+ \. DIGIT+' }
> >
> > I just found something related, for followers:
> >
> > posix characters are apparently embedded in there:
> >
> > [:blank:]
> >
> > like
> >>> ' a '.scan /[[:blank:]]/
> > => [" ", " "]
> >>> ' a '.scan /[^[:blank:]]/
> > => [" ", " "]
> >
> > ref: http://psoug.org/reference/regexp.html
> >
> > Though I still wouldn't be averse to something like
> > Regexp::DIGIT => '\d'
> >
> > So one can do "#{Regexp::DIGIT}*"
>
> Did I mention that what Ari and I cooked up a while ago is a gem?
>
> http://rubygems.org/gems/TextualRegexp
>
> Cheers
>
> robert
>
> --
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>
>

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