defmodule Regex do @moduledoc ~S""" Provides regular expressions for Elixir. Regex is based on PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) and built on top of Erlang's `:re` module. More information can be found in the [`:re` module documentation](`:re`). Regular expressions in Elixir can be created using the sigils `~r` (see `sigil_r/2`): # A simple regular expression that matches foo anywhere in the string ~r/foo/ # A regular expression with case insensitive and Unicode options ~r/foo/iu Regular expressions created via sigils are pre-compiled and stored in the `.beam` file. Note that this may be a problem if you are precompiling Elixir, see the "Precompilation" section for more information. A Regex is represented internally as the `Regex` struct. Therefore, `%Regex{}` can be used whenever there is a need to match on them. Keep in mind that all of the structs fields are private. There is also not guarantee two regular expressions from the same source are equal, for example: ~r/(?.)(?.)/ == ~r/(?.)(?.)/ may return `true` or `false` depending on your machine, endianness, available optimizations and others. You can, however, retrieve the source of a compiled regular expression by accessing the `source` field, and then compare those directly: ~r/(?.)(?.)/.source == ~r/(?.)(?.)/.source ## Escapes Escape sequences are split into two categories. ### Non-printing characters * `\a` - Alarm, that is, the BEL character (hex 07) * `\e` - Escape (hex 1B) * `\f` - Form feed (hex 0C) * `\n` - Line feed (hex 0A) * `\r` - Carriage return (hex 0D) * `\t` - Tab (hex 09) * `\xhh` - Character with hex code hh * `\x{hhh..}` - Character with hex code hhh.. `\u` and `\U` are not supported. Other escape sequences, such as `\ddd` for octals, are supported but discouraged. ### Generic character types * `\d` - Any decimal digit * `\D` - Any character that is not a decimal digit * `\h` - Any horizontal whitespace character * `\H` - Any character that is not a horizontal whitespace character * `\s` - Any whitespace character * `\S` - Any character that is not a whitespace character * `\v` - Any vertical whitespace character * `\V` - Any character that is not a vertical whitespace character * `\w` - Any "word" character * `\W` - Any "non-word" character ## Modifiers The modifiers available when creating a Regex are: * `:unicode` (u) - enables Unicode specific patterns like `\p` and causes character classes like `\w`, `\W`, `\s`, and the like to also match on Unicode (see examples below in "Character classes"). It expects valid Unicode strings to be given on match * `:caseless` (i) - adds case insensitivity * `:dotall` (s) - causes dot to match newlines and also set newline to anycrlf; the new line setting can be overridden by setting `(*CR)` or `(*LF)` or `(*CRLF)` or `(*ANY)` according to `:re` documentation * `:multiline` (m) - causes `^` and `$` to mark the beginning and end of each line; use `\A` and `\z` to match the end or beginning of the string * `:extended` (x) - whitespace characters are ignored except when escaped or within `[..]`, and allow `#` to delimit comments * `:firstline` (f) - forces the unanchored pattern to match before or at the first newline, though the matched text may continue over the newline * `:ungreedy` (U) - inverts the "greediness" of the regexp (the previous `r` option is deprecated in favor of `U`) The options not available are: * `:anchored` - not available, use `^` or `\A` instead * `:dollar_endonly` - not available, use `\z` instead * `:no_auto_capture` - not available, use `?:` instead * `:newline` - not available, use `(*CR)` or `(*LF)` or `(*CRLF)` or `(*ANYCRLF)` or `(*ANY)` at the beginning of the regexp according to the `:re` documentation ## Captures Many functions in this module handle what to capture in a regex match via the `:capture` option. The supported values are: * `:all` - all captured subpatterns including the complete matching string (this is the default) * `:first` - only the first captured subpattern, which is always the complete matching part of the string; all explicitly captured subpatterns are discarded * `:all_but_first` - all but the first matching subpattern, i.e. all explicitly captured subpatterns, but not the complete matching part of the string * `:none` - does not return matching subpatterns at all * `:all_names` - captures all named subpattern matches in the Regex as a list ordered **alphabetically** by the names of the subpatterns * `list(binary)` - a list of named captures to capture ## Character classes Regex supports several built in named character classes. These are used by enclosing the class name in `[: :]` inside a group. For example: iex> String.match?("123", ~r/^[[:alnum:]]+$/) true iex> String.match?("123 456", ~r/^[[:alnum:][:blank:]]+$/) true The supported class names are: * alnum - Letters and digits * alpha - Letters * blank - Space or tab only * cntrl - Control characters * digit - Decimal digits (same as \\d) * graph - Printing characters, excluding space * lower - Lowercase letters * print - Printing characters, including space * punct - Printing characters, excluding letters, digits, and space * space - Whitespace (the same as \s from PCRE 8.34) * upper - Uppercase letters * word - "Word" characters (same as \w) * xdigit - Hexadecimal digits There is another character class, `ascii`, that erroneously matches Latin-1 characters instead of the 0-127 range specified by POSIX. This cannot be fixed without altering the behavior of other classes, so we recommend matching the range with `[\\0-\x7f]` instead. Note the behavior of those classes may change according to the Unicode and other modifiers: iex> String.match?("josé", ~r/^[[:lower:]]+$/) false iex> String.match?("josé", ~r/^[[:lower:]]+$/u) true iex> Regex.replace(~r/\s/, "Unicode\u00A0spaces", "-") "Unicode spaces" iex> Regex.replace(~r/\s/u, "Unicode\u00A0spaces", "-") "Unicode-spaces" ## Precompilation Regular expressions built with sigil are precompiled and stored in `.beam` files. Precompiled regexes will be checked in runtime and may work slower between operating systems and OTP releases. This is rarely a problem, as most Elixir code shared during development is compiled on the target (such as dependencies, archives, and escripts) and, when running in production, the code must either be compiled on the target (via `mix compile` or similar) or released on the host (via `mix releases` or similar) with a matching OTP, operating system and architecture as the target. If you know you are running on a different system than the current one and you are doing multiple matches with the regex, you can manually invoke `Regex.recompile/1` or `Regex.recompile!/1` to perform a runtime version check and recompile the regex if necessary. """ defstruct re_pattern: nil, source: "", opts: "", re_version: "" @type t :: %__MODULE__{re_pattern: term, source: binary, opts: binary | [term]} defmodule CompileError do @moduledoc """ An exception raised when a regular expression could not be compiled. """ defexception message: "regex could not be compiled" end @doc """ Compiles the regular expression. The given options can either be a binary with the characters representing the same regex options given to the `~r` (see `sigil_r/2`) sigil, or a list of options, as expected by the Erlang's [`:re`](`:re`) module. It returns `{:ok, regex}` in case of success, `{:error, reason}` otherwise. ## Examples iex> Regex.compile("foo") {:ok, ~r/foo/} iex> Regex.compile("*foo") {:error, {~c"nothing to repeat", 0}} iex> Regex.compile("foo", "i") {:ok, ~r/foo/i} iex> Regex.compile("foo", [:caseless]) {:ok, Regex.compile!("foo", [:caseless])} """ @spec compile(binary, binary | [term]) :: {:ok, t} | {:error, any} def compile(source, opts \\ "") when is_binary(source) do compile(source, opts, version()) end defp compile(source, opts, version) when is_binary(opts) do case translate_options(opts, []) do {:error, rest} -> {:error, {:invalid_option, rest}} translated_opts -> compile(source, translated_opts, version) end end defp compile(source, opts, version) when is_list(opts) do case :re.compile(source, opts) do {:ok, re_pattern} -> {:ok, %Regex{re_pattern: re_pattern, re_version: version, source: source, opts: opts}} error -> error end end @doc """ Compiles the regular expression and raises `Regex.CompileError` in case of errors. """ @spec compile!(binary, binary | [term]) :: t def compile!(source, options \\ "") when is_binary(source) do case compile(source, options) do {:ok, regex} -> regex {:error, {reason, at}} -> raise Regex.CompileError, "#{reason} at position #{at}" end end @doc """ Recompiles the existing regular expression if necessary. This checks the version stored in the regular expression and recompiles the regex in case of version mismatch. """ @doc since: "1.4.0" @spec recompile(t) :: {:ok, t} | {:error, any} def recompile(%Regex{} = regex) do version = version() case regex do %{re_version: ^version} -> {:ok, regex} _ -> %{source: source, opts: opts} = regex compile(source, opts, version) end end @doc """ Recompiles the existing regular expression and raises `Regex.CompileError` in case of errors. """ @doc since: "1.4.0" @spec recompile!(t) :: t def recompile!(regex) do case recompile(regex) do {:ok, regex} -> regex {:error, {reason, at}} -> raise Regex.CompileError, "#{reason} at position #{at}" end end @doc """ Returns the version of the underlying Regex engine. """ @doc since: "1.4.0" @spec version :: term() def version do {:re.version(), :erlang.system_info(:endian)} end @doc """ Returns a boolean indicating whether there was a match or not. ## Examples iex> Regex.match?(~r/foo/, "foo") true iex> Regex.match?(~r/foo/, "bar") false Elixir also provides text-based match operator `=~/2` and function `String.match?/2` as an alternative to test strings against regular expressions and strings. """ @spec match?(t, String.t()) :: boolean def match?(%Regex{} = regex, string) when is_binary(string) do safe_run(regex, string, [{:capture, :none}]) == :match end @doc false @deprecated "Use Kernel.is_struct(term, Regex) or pattern match on %Regex{} instead" def regex?(term) def regex?(%Regex{}), do: true def regex?(_), do: false @doc """ Runs the regular expression against the given string until the first match. It returns a list with all captures or `nil` if no match occurred. ## Options * `:return` - when set to `:index`, returns byte index and match length. Defaults to `:binary`. * `:capture` - what to capture in the result. Check the moduledoc for `Regex` to see the possible capture values. * `:offset` - (since v1.12.0) specifies the starting offset to match in the given string. Defaults to zero. ## Examples iex> Regex.run(~r/c(d)/, "abcd") ["cd", "d"] iex> Regex.run(~r/e/, "abcd") nil iex> Regex.run(~r/c(d)/, "abcd", return: :index) [{2, 2}, {3, 1}] """ @spec run(t, binary, [term]) :: nil | [binary] | [{integer, integer}] def run(regex, string, options \\ []) def run(%Regex{} = regex, string, options) when is_binary(string) do return = Keyword.get(options, :return, :binary) captures = Keyword.get(options, :capture, :all) offset = Keyword.get(options, :offset, 0) case safe_run(regex, string, [{:capture, captures, return}, {:offset, offset}]) do :nomatch -> nil :match -> [] {:match, results} -> results end end @doc """ Returns the given captures as a map or `nil` if no captures are found. ## Options * `:return` - when set to `:index`, returns byte index and match length. Defaults to `:binary`. ## Examples iex> Regex.named_captures(~r/c(?d)/, "abcd") %{"foo" => "d"} iex> Regex.named_captures(~r/a(?b)c(?d)/, "abcd") %{"bar" => "d", "foo" => "b"} iex> Regex.named_captures(~r/a(?b)c(?d)/, "efgh") nil """ @spec named_captures(t, String.t(), [term]) :: map | nil def named_captures(regex, string, options \\ []) when is_binary(string) do names = names(regex) options = Keyword.put(options, :capture, names) results = run(regex, string, options) if results, do: Enum.zip(names, results) |> Enum.into(%{}) end @doc """ Returns the underlying `re_pattern` in the regular expression. """ @spec re_pattern(t) :: term def re_pattern(%Regex{re_pattern: compiled}) do compiled end @doc """ Returns the regex source as a binary. ## Examples iex> Regex.source(~r/foo/) "foo" """ @spec source(t) :: String.t() def source(%Regex{source: source}) do source end @doc """ Returns the regex options. See the documentation of `Regex.compile/2` for more information. ## Examples iex> Regex.opts(~r/foo/m) [:multiline] iex> Regex.opts(Regex.compile!("foo", [:caseless])) [:caseless] """ @spec opts(t) :: [term] def opts(%Regex{opts: opts}) do opts end @doc """ Returns a list of names in the regex. ## Examples iex> Regex.names(~r/(?bar)/) ["foo"] """ @spec names(t) :: [String.t()] def names(%Regex{re_pattern: compiled, re_version: version, source: source}) do re_pattern = case version() do ^version -> compiled _ -> {:ok, recompiled} = :re.compile(source) recompiled end {:namelist, names} = :re.inspect(re_pattern, :namelist) names end @doc ~S""" Same as `run/3` but returns all non-overlapping matches of the regular expression. A list of lists is returned, where each entry in the primary list represents a match and each entry in the secondary list represents the captured contents. ## Options * `:return` - when set to `:index`, returns byte index and match length. Defaults to `:binary`. * `:capture` - what to capture in the result. Check the moduledoc for `Regex` to see the possible capture values. * `:offset` - (since v1.12.0) specifies the starting offset to match in the given string. Defaults to zero. ## Examples iex> Regex.scan(~r/c(d|e)/, "abcd abce") [["cd", "d"], ["ce", "e"]] iex> Regex.scan(~r/c(?:d|e)/, "abcd abce") [["cd"], ["ce"]] iex> Regex.scan(~r/e/, "abcd") [] iex> Regex.scan(~r/ab|bc|cd/, "abcd") [["ab"], ["cd"]] iex> Regex.scan(~r/ab|bc|cd/, "abbccd") [["ab"], ["bc"], ["cd"]] iex> Regex.scan(~r/\p{Sc}/u, "$, £, and €") [["$"], ["£"], ["€"]] iex> Regex.scan(~r/=+/, "=ü†ƒ8===", return: :index) [[{0, 1}], [{9, 3}]] """ @spec scan(t(), String.t(), [term()]) :: [[String.t()]] | [[{integer(), integer()}]] def scan(regex, string, options \\ []) def scan(%Regex{} = regex, string, options) when is_binary(string) do return = Keyword.get(options, :return, :binary) captures = Keyword.get(options, :capture, :all) offset = Keyword.get(options, :offset, 0) options = [{:capture, captures, return}, :global, {:offset, offset}] case safe_run(regex, string, options) do :match -> [] :nomatch -> [] {:match, results} -> results end end defp safe_run( %Regex{re_pattern: compiled, source: source, re_version: version, opts: compile_opts}, string, options ) do case version() do ^version -> :re.run(string, compiled, options) _ when is_list(compile_opts) -> :re.run(string, source, compile_opts ++ options) # TODO: This clause is kept for compatibility with previous Elixir versions. Remove on v2.0+. _ when is_binary(compile_opts) -> :re.run(string, source, translate_options(compile_opts, options)) end end @doc """ Splits the given target based on the given pattern and in the given number of parts. ## Options * `:parts` - when specified, splits the string into the given number of parts. If not specified, `:parts` defaults to `:infinity`, which will split the string into the maximum number of parts possible based on the given pattern. * `:trim` - when `true`, removes empty strings (`""`) from the result. Defaults to `false`. * `:on` - specifies which captures to split the string on, and in what order. Defaults to `:first` which means captures inside the regex do not affect the splitting process. Check the moduledoc for `Regex` to see the possible capture values. * `:include_captures` - when `true`, includes in the result the matches of the regular expression. The matches are not counted towards the maximum number of parts if combined with the `:parts` option. Defaults to `false`. ## Examples iex> Regex.split(~r{-}, "a-b-c") ["a", "b", "c"] iex> Regex.split(~r{-}, "a-b-c", parts: 2) ["a", "b-c"] iex> Regex.split(~r{-}, "abc") ["abc"] iex> Regex.split(~r{}, "abc") ["", "a", "b", "c", ""] iex> Regex.split(~r{a(?b)c}, "abc") ["", ""] iex> Regex.split(~r{a(?b)c}, "abc", on: [:second]) ["a", "c"] iex> Regex.split(~r{(x)}, "Elixir", include_captures: true) ["Eli", "x", "ir"] iex> Regex.split(~r{a(?b)c}, "abc", on: [:second], include_captures: true) ["a", "b", "c"] """ @spec split(t, String.t(), [term]) :: [String.t()] def split(regex, string, options \\ []) def split(%Regex{}, "", opts) do if Keyword.get(opts, :trim, false) do [] else [""] end end def split(%Regex{} = regex, string, opts) when is_binary(string) and is_list(opts) do on = Keyword.get(opts, :on, :first) case safe_run(regex, string, [:global, capture: on]) do {:match, matches} -> index = parts_to_index(Keyword.get(opts, :parts, :infinity)) trim = Keyword.get(opts, :trim, false) include_captures = Keyword.get(opts, :include_captures, false) do_split(matches, string, 0, index, trim, include_captures) :match -> [string] :nomatch -> [string] end end defp parts_to_index(:infinity), do: 0 defp parts_to_index(n) when is_integer(n) and n > 0, do: n defp do_split(_, string, offset, _counter, true, _with_captures) when byte_size(string) <= offset do [] end defp do_split(_, string, offset, 1, _trim, _with_captures), do: [binary_part(string, offset, byte_size(string) - offset)] defp do_split([], string, offset, _counter, _trim, _with_captures), do: [binary_part(string, offset, byte_size(string) - offset)] defp do_split([[{pos, _} | h] | t], string, offset, counter, trim, with_captures) when pos - offset < 0 do do_split([h | t], string, offset, counter, trim, with_captures) end defp do_split([[] | t], string, offset, counter, trim, with_captures), do: do_split(t, string, offset, counter, trim, with_captures) defp do_split([[{pos, length} | h] | t], string, offset, counter, trim, true) do new_offset = pos + length keep = pos - offset <<_::binary-size(^offset), part::binary-size(^keep), match::binary-size(^length), _::binary>> = string if keep == 0 and trim do [match | do_split([h | t], string, new_offset, counter - 1, trim, true)] else [part, match | do_split([h | t], string, new_offset, counter - 1, trim, true)] end end defp do_split([[{pos, length} | h] | t], string, offset, counter, trim, false) do new_offset = pos + length keep = pos - offset if keep == 0 and trim do do_split([h | t], string, new_offset, counter, trim, false) else <<_::binary-size(^offset), part::binary-size(^keep), _::binary>> = string [part | do_split([h | t], string, new_offset, counter - 1, trim, false)] end end @doc ~S""" Receives a regex, a binary and a replacement, returns a new binary where all matches are replaced by the replacement. The replacement can be either a string or a function that returns a string. The resulting string is used as a replacement for every match. When the replacement is a string, it allows specific captures of the match using brackets at the regex expression and accessing them in the replacement via `\N` or `\g{N}`, where `N` is the number of the capture. In case `\0` is used, the whole match is inserted. Note that in regexes the backslash needs to be escaped, hence in practice you'll need to use `\\N` and `\\g{N}`. When the replacement is a function, it allows specific captures too. The function may have arity N where each argument maps to a capture, with the first argument being the whole match. If the function expects more arguments than captures found, the remaining arguments will receive `""`. ## Options * `:global` - when `false`, replaces only the first occurrence (defaults to `true`) ## Examples iex> Regex.replace(~r/d/, "abc", "d") "abc" iex> Regex.replace(~r/b/, "abc", "d") "adc" iex> Regex.replace(~r/b/, "abc", "[\\0]") "a[b]c" iex> Regex.replace(~r/a(b|d)c/, "abcadc", "[\\1]") "[b][d]" iex> Regex.replace(~r/\.(\d)$/, "500.5", ".\\g{1}0") "500.50" iex> Regex.replace(~r/a(b|d)c/, "abcadc", fn _, x -> "[#{x}]" end) "[b][d]" iex> Regex.replace(~r/(\w+)@(\w+).(\w+)/, "abc@def.com", fn _full, _c1, _c2, c3 -> "TLD: #{c3}" end) "TLD: com" iex> Regex.replace(~r/a/, "abcadc", "A", global: false) "Abcadc" """ @spec replace(t, String.t(), String.t() | (... -> String.t()), [term]) :: String.t() def replace(%Regex{} = regex, string, replacement, options \\ []) when is_binary(string) and is_list(options) do opts = if Keyword.get(options, :global) != false, do: [:global], else: [] opts = [{:capture, :all, :index} | opts] case safe_run(regex, string, opts) do :nomatch -> string {:match, [mlist | t]} when is_list(mlist) -> apply_list(string, precompile_replacement(replacement), [mlist | t]) |> IO.iodata_to_binary() {:match, slist} -> apply_list(string, precompile_replacement(replacement), [slist]) |> IO.iodata_to_binary() end end defp precompile_replacement(replacement) when is_function(replacement) do {:arity, arity} = Function.info(replacement, :arity) {replacement, arity} end defp precompile_replacement(""), do: [] defp precompile_replacement(<>) when byte_size(rest) > 0 do {ns, <>} = pick_int(rest) [List.to_integer(ns) | precompile_replacement(rest)] end defp precompile_replacement(<>) do [<> | precompile_replacement(rest)] end defp precompile_replacement(<>) when x in ?0..?9 do {ns, rest} = pick_int(rest) [List.to_integer([x | ns]) | precompile_replacement(rest)] end defp precompile_replacement(<>) do case precompile_replacement(rest) do [head | t] when is_binary(head) -> [<> | t] other -> [<> | other] end end defp pick_int(<>) when x in ?0..?9 do {found, rest} = pick_int(rest) {[x | found], rest} end defp pick_int(bin) do {[], bin} end defp apply_list(string, replacement, list) do apply_list(string, string, 0, replacement, list) end defp apply_list(_, "", _, _, []) do [] end defp apply_list(_, string, _, _, []) do string end defp apply_list(whole, string, pos, replacement, [[{mpos, _} | _] | _] = list) when mpos > pos do length = mpos - pos <> = string [untouched | apply_list(whole, rest, mpos, replacement, list)] end defp apply_list(whole, string, pos, replacement, [[{pos, length} | _] = head | tail]) do <<_::size(^length)-binary, rest::binary>> = string new_data = apply_replace(whole, replacement, head) [new_data | apply_list(whole, rest, pos + length, replacement, tail)] end defp apply_replace(string, {fun, arity}, indexes) do apply(fun, get_indexes(string, indexes, arity)) end defp apply_replace(_, [bin], _) when is_binary(bin) do bin end defp apply_replace(string, repl, indexes) do indexes = List.to_tuple(indexes) for part <- repl do cond do is_binary(part) -> part part >= tuple_size(indexes) -> "" true -> get_index(string, elem(indexes, part)) end end end defp get_index(_string, {pos, _length}) when pos < 0 do "" end defp get_index(string, {pos, length}) do <<_::size(^pos)-binary, res::size(^length)-binary, _::binary>> = string res end defp get_indexes(_string, _, 0) do [] end defp get_indexes(string, [], arity) do ["" | get_indexes(string, [], arity - 1)] end defp get_indexes(string, [h | t], arity) do [get_index(string, h) | get_indexes(string, t, arity - 1)] end @doc ~S""" Escapes a string to be literally matched in a regex. ## Examples iex> Regex.escape(".") "\\." iex> Regex.escape("\\what if") "\\\\what\\ if" """ @spec escape(String.t()) :: String.t() def escape(string) when is_binary(string) do string |> escape(_length = 0, string) |> IO.iodata_to_binary() end @escapable :binary.bin_to_list(".^$*+?()[]{}|#-\\\t\n\v\f\r\s") defp escape(<>, length, original) when char in @escapable do escape_char(rest, length, original, char) end defp escape(<<_, rest::binary>>, length, original) do escape(rest, length + 1, original) end defp escape(<<>>, _length, original) do original end defp escape_char(<>, 0, _original, char) do [?\\, char | escape(rest, 0, rest)] end defp escape_char(<>, length, original, char) do [binary_part(original, 0, length), ?\\, char | escape(rest, 0, rest)] end # Helpers defp translate_options(<>, acc), do: translate_options(t, [:dotall, {:newline, :anycrlf} | acc]) defp translate_options(<>, acc), do: translate_options(t, [:unicode, :ucp | acc]) defp translate_options(<>, acc), do: translate_options(t, [:caseless | acc]) defp translate_options(<>, acc), do: translate_options(t, [:extended | acc]) defp translate_options(<>, acc), do: translate_options(t, [:firstline | acc]) defp translate_options(<>, acc), do: translate_options(t, [:ungreedy | acc]) defp translate_options(<>, acc), do: translate_options(t, [:multiline | acc]) defp translate_options(<>, acc) do IO.warn("the /r modifier in regular expressions is deprecated, please use /U instead") translate_options(t, [:ungreedy | acc]) end defp translate_options(<<>>, acc), do: acc defp translate_options(t, _acc), do: {:error, t} end