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:mod:`ure` -- simple regular expressions
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.. module:: ure
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:synopsis: regular expressions
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|see_cpython_module| :mod:`python:re`.
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This module implements regular expression operations. Regular expression
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syntax supported is a subset of CPython ``re`` module (and actually is
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a subset of POSIX extended regular expressions).
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Supported operators are:
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``'.'``
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Match any character.
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``'[]'``
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Match set of characters. Individual characters and ranges are supported.
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``'^'``
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``'$'``
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``'?'``
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``'*'``
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``'+'``
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``'??'``
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``'*?'``
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``'+?'``
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``'()'``
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Grouping. Each group is capturing (a substring it captures can be accessed
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with `match.group()` method).
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Counted repetitions (``{m,n}``), more advanced assertions, named groups,
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etc. are not supported.
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Functions
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.. function:: compile(regex_str)
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Compile regular expression, return `regex <regex>` object.
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.. function:: match(regex_str, string)
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Compile *regex_str* and match against *string*. Match always happens
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from starting position in a string.
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.. function:: search(regex_str, string)
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Compile *regex_str* and search it in a *string*. Unlike `match`, this will search
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string for first position which matches regex (which still may be
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0 if regex is anchored).
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.. data:: DEBUG
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Flag value, display debug information about compiled expression.
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.. _regex:
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Regex objects
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Compiled regular expression. Instances of this class are created using
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`ure.compile()`.
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.. method:: regex.match(string)
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regex.search(string)
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Similar to the module-level functions :meth:`match` and :meth:`search`.
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Using methods is (much) more efficient if the same regex is applied to
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multiple strings.
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.. method:: regex.split(string, max_split=-1)
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Split a *string* using regex. If *max_split* is given, it specifies
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maximum number of splits to perform. Returns list of strings (there
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may be up to *max_split+1* elements if it's specified).
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Match objects
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-------------
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Match objects as returned by `match()` and `search()` methods.
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.. method:: match.group([index])
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Return matching (sub)string. *index* is 0 for entire match,
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1 and above for each capturing group. Only numeric groups are supported.
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