#if wxUSE_REGEX
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxString;
+
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// constants
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// flags for regex compilation: these can be used with Compile()
enum
{
- // use extended regex syntax: default
+ // use extended regex syntax (default)
wxRE_EXTENDED = 0,
// use basic RE syntax
wxRE_NEWLINE = 16,
// default flags
- wxRE_DEFAULT = wxRE_NOSUB | wxRE_EXTENDED
+ wxRE_DEFAULT = wxRE_EXTENDED
};
// flags for regex matching: these can be used with Matches()
// TRUE if matches and FALSE otherwise
//
// flags may be combination of wxRE_NOTBOL and wxRE_NOTEOL
- bool Matches(const wxString& str, int flags = 0) const;
+ //
+ // may only be called after successful call to Compile()
+ bool Matches(const wxChar *text, int flags = 0) const;
// get the start index and the length of the match of the expression
// (index 0) or a bracketed subexpression (index != 0)
//
+ // may only be called after successful call to Matches()
+ //
// return FALSE if no match or on error
bool GetMatch(size_t *start, size_t *len, size_t index = 0) const;
+ // return the part of string corresponding to the match, empty string is
+ // returned if match failed
+ //
+ // may only be called after successful call to Matches()
+ wxString GetMatch(const wxString& text, size_t index = 0) const;
+
// replaces the current regular expression in the string pointed to by
// pattern, with the text in replacement and return number of matches
// replaced (maybe 0 if none found) or -1 on error
- int Replace(wxString *str, const wxString& replacement) const;
+ //
+ // the replacement text may contain backreferences (\number) which will be
+ // replaced with the value of the corresponding subexpression in the
+ // pattern match
+ //
+ // maxMatches may be used to limit the number of replacements made, setting
+ // it to 1, for example, will only replace first occurence (if any) of the
+ // pattern in the text while default value of 0 means replace all
+ int Replace(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement,
+ size_t maxMatches = 0) const;
+
+ // replace the first occurence
+ int ReplaceFirst(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement) const
+ { return Replace(text, replacement, 1); }
+
+ // replace all occurences: this is actually a synonym for Replace()
+ int ReplaceAll(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement) const
+ { return Replace(text, replacement, 0); }
// dtor not virtual, don't derive from this class
~wxRegEx();