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authornigel <nigel@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15>2007-02-24 21:40:03 +0000
committernigel <nigel@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15>2007-02-24 21:40:03 +0000
commitc8cb607ab7e12e185e86a8b23d413b7f9536f24c (patch)
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downloadpcre-c8cb607ab7e12e185e86a8b23d413b7f9536f24c.tar.gz
Load pcre-4.0 into code/trunk.
git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk@63 2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15
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1 files changed, 236 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/pcredemo.c b/pcredemo.c
index cb4e46f..3c827e7 100644
--- a/pcredemo.c
+++ b/pcredemo.c
@@ -1,32 +1,79 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <pcre.h>
+/*************************************************
+* PCRE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM *
+*************************************************/
-/* Compile thuswise:
+/* This is a demonstration program to illustrate the most straightforward ways
+of calling the PCRE regular expression library from a C program. See the
+pcresample documentation for a short discussion.
+
+Compile thuswise:
gcc -Wall pcredemo.c -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib \
-R/opt/local/lib -lpcre
+
+Replace "/opt/local/include" and "/opt/local/lib" with wherever the include and
+library files for PCRE are installed on your system. Only some operating
+systems (e.g. Solaris) use the -R option.
*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <pcre.h>
+
#define OVECCOUNT 30 /* should be a multiple of 3 */
+
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
pcre *re;
const char *error;
+char *pattern;
+char *subject;
+unsigned char *name_table;
int erroffset;
+int find_all;
+int namecount;
+int name_entry_size;
int ovector[OVECCOUNT];
+int subject_length;
int rc, i;
-if (argc != 3)
+
+/*************************************************************************
+* First, sort out the command line. There is only one possible option at *
+* the moment, "-g" to request repeated matching to find all occurrences, *
+* like Perl's /g option. We set the variable find_all non-zero if it is *
+* present. Apart from that, there must be exactly two arguments. *
+*************************************************************************/
+
+find_all = 0;
+for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+ {
+ if (strcmp(argv[i], "-g") == 0) find_all = 1;
+ else break;
+ }
+
+/* After the options, we require exactly two arguments, which are the pattern,
+and the subject string. */
+
+if (argc - i != 2)
{
printf("Two arguments required: a regex and a subject string\n");
return 1;
}
-/* Compile the regular expression in the first argument */
+pattern = argv[i];
+subject = argv[i+1];
+subject_length = (int)strlen(subject);
+
+
+/*************************************************************************
+* Now we are going to compile the regular expression pattern, and handle *
+* and errors that are detected. *
+*************************************************************************/
re = pcre_compile(
- argv[1], /* the pattern */
+ pattern, /* the pattern */
0, /* default options */
&error, /* for error message */
&erroffset, /* for error offset */
@@ -40,13 +87,18 @@ if (re == NULL)
return 1;
}
-/* Compilation succeeded: match the subject in the second argument */
+
+/*************************************************************************
+* If the compilation succeeded, we call PCRE again, in order to do a *
+* pattern match against the subject string. This just does ONE match. If *
+* further matching is needed, it will be done below. *
+*************************************************************************/
rc = pcre_exec(
re, /* the compiled pattern */
NULL, /* no extra data - we didn't study the pattern */
- argv[2], /* the subject string */
- (int)strlen(argv[2]), /* the length of the subject */
+ subject, /* the subject string */
+ subject_length, /* the length of the subject */
0, /* start at offset 0 in the subject */
0, /* default options */
ovector, /* output vector for substring information */
@@ -69,7 +121,14 @@ if (rc < 0)
/* Match succeded */
-printf("Match succeeded\n");
+printf("\nMatch succeeded at offset %d\n", ovector[0]);
+
+
+/*************************************************************************
+* We have found the first match within the subject string. If the output *
+* vector wasn't big enough, set its size to the maximum. Then output any *
+* substrings that were captured. *
+*************************************************************************/
/* The output vector wasn't big enough */
@@ -79,16 +138,179 @@ if (rc == 0)
printf("ovector only has room for %d captured substrings\n", rc - 1);
}
-/* Show substrings stored in the output vector */
+/* Show substrings stored in the output vector by number. Obviously, in a real
+application you might want to do things other than print them. */
for (i = 0; i < rc; i++)
{
- char *substring_start = argv[2] + ovector[2*i];
+ char *substring_start = subject + ovector[2*i];
int substring_length = ovector[2*i+1] - ovector[2*i];
printf("%2d: %.*s\n", i, substring_length, substring_start);
}
+
+/*************************************************************************
+* That concludes the basic part of this demonstration program. We have *
+* compiled a pattern, and performed a single match. The code that follows*
+* first shows how to access named substrings, and then how to code for *
+* repeated matches on the same subject. *
+*************************************************************************/
+
+/* See if there are any named substrings, and if so, show them by name. First
+we have to extract the count of named parentheses from the pattern. */
+
+(void)pcre_fullinfo(
+ re, /* the compiled pattern */
+ NULL, /* no extra data - we didn't study the pattern */
+ PCRE_INFO_NAMECOUNT, /* number of named substrings */
+ &namecount); /* where to put the answer */
+
+if (namecount <= 0) printf("No named substrings\n"); else
+ {
+ unsigned char *tabptr;
+ printf("Named substrings\n");
+
+ /* Before we can access the substrings, we must extract the table for
+ translating names to numbers, and the size of each entry in the table. */
+
+ (void)pcre_fullinfo(
+ re, /* the compiled pattern */
+ NULL, /* no extra data - we didn't study the pattern */
+ PCRE_INFO_NAMETABLE, /* address of the table */
+ &name_table); /* where to put the answer */
+
+ (void)pcre_fullinfo(
+ re, /* the compiled pattern */
+ NULL, /* no extra data - we didn't study the pattern */
+ PCRE_INFO_NAMEENTRYSIZE, /* size of each entry in the table */
+ &name_entry_size); /* where to put the answer */
+
+ /* Now we can scan the table and, for each entry, print the number, the name,
+ and the substring itself. */
+
+ tabptr = name_table;
+ for (i = 0; i < namecount; i++)
+ {
+ int n = (tabptr[0] << 8) | tabptr[1];
+ printf("(%d) %*s: %.*s\n", n, name_entry_size - 3, tabptr + 2,
+ ovector[2*n+1] - ovector[2*n], subject + ovector[2*n]);
+ tabptr += name_entry_size;
+ }
+ }
+
+
+/*************************************************************************
+* If the "-g" option was given on the command line, we want to continue *
+* to search for additional matches in the subject string, in a similar *
+* way to the /g option in Perl. This turns out to be trickier than you *
+* might think because of the possibility of matching an empty string. *
+* What happens is as follows: *
+* *
+* If the previous match was NOT for an empty string, we can just start *
+* the next match at the end of the previous one. *
+* *
+* If the previous match WAS for an empty string, we can't do that, as it *
+* would lead to an infinite loop. Instead, a special call of pcre_exec() *
+* is made with the PCRE_NOTEMPTY and PCRE_ANCHORED flags set. The first *
+* of these tells PCRE that an empty string is not a valid match; other *
+* possibilities must be tried. The second flag restricts PCRE to one *
+* match attempt at the initial string position. If this match succeeds, *
+* an alternative to the empty string match has been found, and we can *
+* proceed round the loop. *
+*************************************************************************/
+
+if (!find_all) return 0; /* Finish unless -g was given */
+
+/* Loop for second and subsequent matches */
+
+for (;;)
+ {
+ int options = 0; /* Normally no options */
+ int start_offset = ovector[1]; /* Start at end of previous match */
+
+ /* If the previous match was for an empty string, we are finished if we are
+ at the end of the subject. Otherwise, arrange to run another match at the
+ same point to see if a non-empty match can be found. */
+
+ if (ovector[0] == ovector[1])
+ {
+ if (ovector[0] == subject_length) break;
+ options = PCRE_NOTEMPTY | PCRE_ANCHORED;
+ }
+
+ /* Run the next matching operation */
+
+ rc = pcre_exec(
+ re, /* the compiled pattern */
+ NULL, /* no extra data - we didn't study the pattern */
+ subject, /* the subject string */
+ subject_length, /* the length of the subject */
+ start_offset, /* starting offset in the subject */
+ options, /* options */
+ ovector, /* output vector for substring information */
+ OVECCOUNT); /* number of elements in the output vector */
+
+ /* This time, a result of NOMATCH isn't an error. If the value in "options"
+ is zero, it just means we have found all possible matches, so the loop ends.
+ Otherwise, it means we have failed to find a non-empty-string match at a
+ point where there was a previous empty-string match. In this case, we do what
+ Perl does: advance the matching position by one, and continue. We do this by
+ setting the "end of previous match" offset, because that is picked up at the
+ top of the loop as the point at which to start again. */
+
+ if (rc == PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH)
+ {
+ if (options == 0) break;
+ ovector[1] = start_offset + 1;
+ continue; /* Go round the loop again */
+ }
+
+ /* Other matching errors are not recoverable. */
+
+ if (rc < 0)
+ {
+ printf("Matching error %d\n", rc);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ /* Match succeded */
+
+ printf("\nMatch succeeded again at offset %d\n", ovector[0]);
+
+ /* The match succeeded, but the output vector wasn't big enough. */
+
+ if (rc == 0)
+ {
+ rc = OVECCOUNT/3;
+ printf("ovector only has room for %d captured substrings\n", rc - 1);
+ }
+
+ /* As before, show substrings stored in the output vector by number, and then
+ also any named substrings. */
+
+ for (i = 0; i < rc; i++)
+ {
+ char *substring_start = subject + ovector[2*i];
+ int substring_length = ovector[2*i+1] - ovector[2*i];
+ printf("%2d: %.*s\n", i, substring_length, substring_start);
+ }
+
+ if (namecount <= 0) printf("No named substrings\n"); else
+ {
+ unsigned char *tabptr = name_table;
+ printf("Named substrings\n");
+ for (i = 0; i < namecount; i++)
+ {
+ int n = (tabptr[0] << 8) | tabptr[1];
+ printf("(%d) %*s: %.*s\n", n, name_entry_size - 3, tabptr + 2,
+ ovector[2*n+1] - ovector[2*n], subject + ovector[2*n]);
+ tabptr += name_entry_size;
+ }
+ }
+ } /* End of loop to find second and subsequent matches */
+
+printf("\n");
return 0;
}
-
+/* End of pcredemo.c */