* How to combine these two regular expressions
@ 2012-08-12 14:57 Cecil Westerhof
2012-08-12 18:44 ` Jambunathan K
2012-08-13 14:08 ` Doug Lewan
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From: Cecil Westerhof @ 2012-08-12 14:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
I was asked by someone for a regular expression that could combine
several search patterns, so that a file only needs to be scanned ones
and not several times. I was partly successful, but I still need two
passes.
I now have the following code:
(defun dcbl-search-heading ()
(interactive)
(re-search-forward "\\(.
\\)\\(
\\)\\(.+
\\)\\(
?.+
\\)" nil t)
(replace-match "\\1
#heading#
\\4"))
(defun dcbl-search-heading2 ()
(interactive)
(re-search-forward "\\(.
\\)\\(
\\)\\(.+
\\)\\(\\\(.+
\\\)+\\)" nil t)
(replace-match "\\1
#heading#
\\4"))
Is there a way to combine those regular expressions to one?
By the way, if the used expressions could be optimised, let me know. I
do not make them often, thus maybe I do things sub-optimal here.
--
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof
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* Re: How to combine these two regular expressions
2012-08-12 14:57 How to combine these two regular expressions Cecil Westerhof
@ 2012-08-12 18:44 ` Jambunathan K
2012-08-13 14:08 ` Doug Lewan
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From: Jambunathan K @ 2012-08-12 18:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cecil Westerhof; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
You should provide a human-readable description of what the regexes are
trying to do. Have you tried:
C-h f regexp-opt RET
Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> writes:
> I was asked by someone for a regular expression that could combine
> several search patterns, so that a file only needs to be scanned ones
> and not several times. I was partly successful, but I still need two
> passes.
>
> I now have the following code:
> (defun dcbl-search-heading ()
> (interactive)
> (re-search-forward "\\(.
> \\)\\(
>
> \\)\\(.+
> \\)\\(
> ?.+
> \\)" nil t)
> (replace-match "\\1
> #heading#
> \\4"))
>
> (defun dcbl-search-heading2 ()
> (interactive)
> (re-search-forward "\\(.
> \\)\\(
> \\)\\(.+
> \\)\\(\\\(.+
> \\\)+\\)" nil t)
> (replace-match "\\1
> #heading#
> \\4"))
>
> Is there a way to combine those regular expressions to one?
>
> By the way, if the used expressions could be optimised, let me know. I
> do not make them often, thus maybe I do things sub-optimal here.
--
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* RE: How to combine these two regular expressions
2012-08-12 14:57 How to combine these two regular expressions Cecil Westerhof
2012-08-12 18:44 ` Jambunathan K
@ 2012-08-13 14:08 ` Doug Lewan
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Doug Lewan @ 2012-08-13 14:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cecil Westerhof, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
The most common way to "combine" two regular expressions is the form "\\(RE1\\|RE2\\)".
I usually do this with variables (concat "\\(" re-1 "\\|" re-2 "\\)").
There's also the form "\\(?:...\\)" if you don't care about match data or "\\(?N:...\\)" if you care very much about it. (N is an integer and forces this match to become match number N.)
I hope this helps.
,Doug
> -----Original Message-----
> From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=shubertticketing.com@gnu.org
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> Behalf Of Cecil Westerhof
> Sent: Sunday, 2012 August 12 10:57
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: How to combine these two regular expressions
>
> I was asked by someone for a regular expression that could combine
> several search patterns, so that a file only needs to be scanned ones
> and not several times. I was partly successful, but I still need two
> passes.
>
> I now have the following code:
> (defun dcbl-search-heading ()
> (interactive)
> (re-search-forward "\\(.
> \\)\\(
>
> \\)\\(.+
> \\)\\(
> ?.+
> \\)" nil t)
> (replace-match "\\1
> #heading#
> \\4"))
>
> (defun dcbl-search-heading2 ()
> (interactive)
> (re-search-forward "\\(.
> \\)\\(
> \\)\\(.+
> \\)\\(\\\(.+
> \\\)+\\)" nil t)
> (replace-match "\\1
> #heading#
> \\4"))
>
> Is there a way to combine those regular expressions to one?
>
> By the way, if the used expressions could be optimised, let me know. I
> do not make them often, thus maybe I do things sub-optimal here.
>
> --
> Cecil Westerhof
> Senior Software Engineer
> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof
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