// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // Package regexp implements a simple regular expression library. // // The syntax of the regular expressions accepted is: // // regexp: // concatenation { '|' concatenation } // concatenation: // { closure } // closure: // term [ '*' | '+' | '?' ] // term: // '^' // '$' // '.' // character // '[' [ '^' ] character-ranges ']' // '(' regexp ')' // package regexp import ( "container/vector"; "os"; "utf8"; ) var debug = false; // Error codes returned by failures to parse an expression. var ( ErrInternal = os.NewError("internal error"); ErrUnmatchedLpar = os.NewError("unmatched '('"); ErrUnmatchedRpar = os.NewError("unmatched ')'"); ErrUnmatchedLbkt = os.NewError("unmatched '['"); ErrUnmatchedRbkt = os.NewError("unmatched ']'"); ErrBadRange = os.NewError("bad range in character class"); ErrExtraneousBackslash = os.NewError("extraneous backslash"); ErrBadClosure = os.NewError("repeated closure (**, ++, etc.)"); ErrBareClosure = os.NewError("closure applies to nothing"); ErrBadBackslash = os.NewError("illegal backslash escape"); ) // An instruction executed by the NFA type instr interface { kind() int; // the type of this instruction: _CHAR, _ANY, etc. next() instr; // the instruction to execute after this one setNext(i instr); index() int; setIndex(i int); print(); } // Fields and methods common to all instructions type common struct { _next instr; _index int; } func (c *common) next() instr { return c._next } func (c *common) setNext(i instr) { c._next = i } func (c *common) index() int { return c._index } func (c *common) setIndex(i int) { c._index = i } // The representation of a compiled regular expression. // The public interface is entirely through methods. type Regexp struct { expr string; // the original expression ch chan<- *Regexp; // reply channel when we're done error *os.Error; // compile- or run-time error; nil if OK inst *vector.Vector; start instr; nbra int; // number of brackets in expression, for subexpressions } const ( _START // beginning of program = iota; _END; // end of program: success _BOT; // '^' beginning of text _EOT; // '$' end of text _CHAR; // 'a' regular character _CHARCLASS; // [a-z] character class _ANY; // '.' any character _BRA; // '(' parenthesized expression _EBRA; // ')'; end of '(' parenthesized expression _ALT; // '|' alternation _NOP; // do nothing; makes it easy to link without patching ) // --- START start of program type _Start struct { common } func (start *_Start) kind() int { return _START } func (start *_Start) print() { print("start") } // --- END end of program type _End struct { common } func (end *_End) kind() int { return _END } func (end *_End) print() { print("end") } // --- BOT beginning of text type _Bot struct { common } func (bot *_Bot) kind() int { return _BOT } func (bot *_Bot) print() { print("bot") } // --- EOT end of text type _Eot struct { common } func (eot *_Eot) kind() int { return _EOT } func (eot *_Eot) print() { print("eot") } // --- CHAR a regular character type _Char struct { common; char int; } func (char *_Char) kind() int { return _CHAR } func (char *_Char) print() { print("char ", string(char.char)) } func newChar(char int) *_Char { c := new(_Char); c.char = char; return c; } // --- CHARCLASS [a-z] type _CharClass struct { common; char int; negate bool; // is character class negated? ([^a-z]) // vector of int, stored pairwise: [a-z] is (a,z); x is (x,x): ranges *vector.IntVector; } func (cclass *_CharClass) kind() int { return _CHARCLASS } func (cclass *_CharClass) print() { print("charclass"); if cclass.negate { print(" (negated)"); } for i := 0; i < cclass.ranges.Len(); i += 2 { l := cclass.ranges.At(i); r := cclass.ranges.At(i+1); if l == r { print(" [", string(l), "]"); } else { print(" [", string(l), "-", string(r), "]"); } } } func (cclass *_CharClass) addRange(a, b int) { // range is a through b inclusive cclass.ranges.Push(a); cclass.ranges.Push(b); } func (cclass *_CharClass) matches(c int) bool { for i := 0; i < cclass.ranges.Len(); i = i+2 { min := cclass.ranges.At(i); max := cclass.ranges.At(i+1); if min <= c && c <= max { return !cclass.negate } } return cclass.negate } func newCharClass() *_CharClass { c := new(_CharClass); c.ranges = vector.NewIntVector(0); return c; } // --- ANY any character type _Any struct { common } func (any *_Any) kind() int { return _ANY } func (any *_Any) print() { print("any") } // --- BRA parenthesized expression type _Bra struct { common; n int; // subexpression number } func (bra *_Bra) kind() int { return _BRA } func (bra *_Bra) print() { print("bra", bra.n); } // --- EBRA end of parenthesized expression type _Ebra struct { common; n int; // subexpression number } func (ebra *_Ebra) kind() int { return _EBRA } func (ebra *_Ebra) print() { print("ebra ", ebra.n); } // --- ALT alternation type _Alt struct { common; left instr; // other branch } func (alt *_Alt) kind() int { return _ALT } func (alt *_Alt) print() { print("alt(", alt.left.index(), ")"); } // --- NOP no operation type _Nop struct { common } func (nop *_Nop) kind() int { return _NOP } func (nop *_Nop) print() { print("nop") } // report error and exit compiling/executing goroutine func (re *Regexp) setError(err *os.Error) { re.error = err; re.ch <- re; sys.Goexit(); } func (re *Regexp) add(i instr) instr { i.setIndex(re.inst.Len()); re.inst.Push(i); return i; } type parser struct { re *Regexp; nlpar int; // number of unclosed lpars pos int; ch int; } const endOfFile = -1 func (p *parser) c() int { return p.ch; } func (p *parser) nextc() int { if p.pos >= len(p.re.expr) { p.ch = endOfFile } else { c, w := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(p.re.expr, p.pos); p.ch = c; p.pos += w; } return p.ch; } func newParser(re *Regexp) *parser { p := new(parser); p.re = re; p.nextc(); // load p.ch return p; } func (p *parser) regexp() (start, end instr) var iNULL instr func special(c int) bool { s := `\.+*?()|[]`; for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ { if c == int(s[i]) { return true } } return false } func specialcclass(c int) bool { s := `\-[]`; for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ { if c == int(s[i]) { return true } } return false } func (p *parser) charClass() instr { cc := newCharClass(); p.re.add(cc); if p.c() == '^' { cc.negate = true; p.nextc(); } left := -1; for { switch c := p.c(); c { case ']', endOfFile: if left >= 0 { p.re.setError(ErrBadRange); } return cc; case '-': // do this before backslash processing p.re.setError(ErrBadRange); case '\\': c = p.nextc(); switch { case c == endOfFile: p.re.setError(ErrExtraneousBackslash); case c == 'n': c = '\n'; case specialcclass(c): // c is as delivered default: p.re.setError(ErrBadBackslash); } fallthrough; default: p.nextc(); switch { case left < 0: // first of pair if p.c() == '-' { // range p.nextc(); left = c; } else { // single char cc.addRange(c, c); } case left <= c: // second of pair cc.addRange(left, c); left = -1; default: p.re.setError(ErrBadRange); } } } return iNULL } func (p *parser) term() (start, end instr) { switch c := p.c(); c { case '|', endOfFile: return iNULL, iNULL; case '*', '+': p.re.setError(ErrBareClosure); case ')': if p.nlpar == 0 { p.re.setError(ErrUnmatchedRpar); } return iNULL, iNULL; case ']': p.re.setError(ErrUnmatchedRbkt); case '^': p.nextc(); start = p.re.add(new(_Bot)); return start, start; case '$': p.nextc(); start = p.re.add(new(_Eot)); return start, start; case '.': p.nextc(); start = p.re.add(new(_Any)); return start, start; case '[': p.nextc(); start = p.charClass(); if p.c() != ']' { p.re.setError(ErrUnmatchedLbkt); } p.nextc(); return start, start; case '(': p.nextc(); p.nlpar++; p.re.nbra++; // increment first so first subexpr is \1 nbra := p.re.nbra; start, end = p.regexp(); if p.c() != ')' { p.re.setError(ErrUnmatchedLpar); } p.nlpar--; p.nextc(); bra := new(_Bra); p.re.add(bra); ebra := new(_Ebra); p.re.add(ebra); bra.n = nbra; ebra.n = nbra; if start == iNULL { if end == iNULL { p.re.setError(ErrInternal) } start = ebra } else { end.setNext(ebra); } bra.setNext(start); return bra, ebra; case '\\': c = p.nextc(); switch { case c == endOfFile: p.re.setError(ErrExtraneousBackslash); case c == 'n': c = '\n'; case special(c): // c is as delivered default: p.re.setError(ErrBadBackslash); } fallthrough; default: p.nextc(); start = newChar(c); p.re.add(start); return start, start } panic("unreachable"); } func (p *parser) closure() (start, end instr) { start, end = p.term(); if start == iNULL { return } switch p.c() { case '*': // (start,end)*: alt := new(_Alt); p.re.add(alt); end.setNext(alt); // after end, do alt alt.left = start; // alternate brach: return to start start = alt; // alt becomes new (start, end) end = alt; case '+': // (start,end)+: alt := new(_Alt); p.re.add(alt); end.setNext(alt); // after end, do alt alt.left = start; // alternate brach: return to start end = alt; // start is unchanged; end is alt case '?': // (start,end)?: alt := new(_Alt); p.re.add(alt); nop := new(_Nop); p.re.add(nop); alt.left = start; // alternate branch is start alt.setNext(nop); // follow on to nop end.setNext(nop); // after end, go to nop start = alt; // start is now alt end = nop; // end is nop pointed to by both branches default: return } switch p.nextc() { case '*', '+', '?': p.re.setError(ErrBadClosure); } return } func (p *parser) concatenation() (start, end instr) { start, end = iNULL, iNULL; for { nstart, nend := p.closure(); switch { case nstart == iNULL: // end of this concatenation if start == iNULL { // this is the empty string nop := p.re.add(new(_Nop)); return nop, nop; } return; case start == iNULL: // this is first element of concatenation start, end = nstart, nend; default: end.setNext(nstart); end = nend; } } panic("unreachable"); } func (p *parser) regexp() (start, end instr) { start, end = p.concatenation(); for { switch p.c() { default: return; case '|': p.nextc(); nstart, nend := p.concatenation(); alt := new(_Alt); p.re.add(alt); alt.left = start; alt.setNext(nstart); nop := new(_Nop); p.re.add(nop); end.setNext(nop); nend.setNext(nop); start, end = alt, nop; } } panic("unreachable"); } func unNop(i instr) instr { for i.kind() == _NOP { i = i.next() } return i } func (re *Regexp) eliminateNops() { for i := 0; i < re.inst.Len(); i++ { inst := re.inst.At(i).(instr); if inst.kind() == _END { continue } inst.setNext(unNop(inst.next())); if inst.kind() == _ALT { alt := inst.(*_Alt); alt.left = unNop(alt.left); } } } func (re *Regexp) dump() { for i := 0; i < re.inst.Len(); i++ { inst := re.inst.At(i).(instr); print(inst.index(), ": "); inst.print(); if inst.kind() != _END { print(" -> ", inst.next().index()) } print("\n"); } } func (re *Regexp) doParse() { p := newParser(re); start := new(_Start); re.add(start); s, e := p.regexp(); start.setNext(s); re.start = start; e.setNext(re.add(new(_End))); if debug { re.dump(); println(); } re.eliminateNops(); if debug { re.dump(); println(); } } func compiler(str string, ch chan *Regexp) { re := new(Regexp); re.expr = str; re.inst = vector.New(0); re.ch = ch; re.doParse(); ch <- re; } // Compile parses a regular expression and returns, if successful, a Regexp // object that can be used to match against text. func Compile(str string) (regexp *Regexp, error *os.Error) { // Compile in a separate goroutine and wait for the result. ch := make(chan *Regexp); go compiler(str, ch); re := <-ch; return re, re.error } type state struct { inst instr; // next instruction to execute match []int; // pairs of bracketing submatches. 0th is start,end } // Append new state to to-do list. Leftmost-longest wins so avoid // adding a state that's already active. func addState(s []state, inst instr, match []int) []state { index := inst.index(); l := len(s); pos := match[0]; // TODO: Once the state is a vector and we can do insert, have inputs always // go in order correctly and this "earlier" test is never necessary, for i := 0; i < l; i++ { if s[i].inst.index() == index && // same instruction s[i].match[0] < pos { // earlier match already going; lefmost wins return s } } if l == cap(s) { s1 := make([]state, 2*l)[0:l]; for i := 0; i < l; i++ { s1[i] = s[i]; } s = s1; } s = s[0:l+1]; s[l].inst = inst; s[l].match = match; return s; } func (re *Regexp) doExecute(str string, pos int) []int { var s [2][]state; // TODO: use a vector when state values (not ptrs) can be vector elements s[0] = make([]state, 10)[0:0]; s[1] = make([]state, 10)[0:0]; in, out := 0, 1; var final state; found := false; for pos <= len(str) { if !found { // prime the pump if we haven't seen a match yet match := make([]int, 2*(re.nbra+1)); for i := 0; i < len(match); i++ { match[i] = -1; // no match seen; catches cases like "a(b)?c" on "ac" } match[0] = pos; s[out] = addState(s[out], re.start.next(), match); } in, out = out, in; // old out state is new in state s[out] = s[out][0:0]; // clear out state if len(s[in]) == 0 { // machine has completed break; } charwidth := 1; c := endOfFile; if pos < len(str) { c, charwidth = utf8.DecodeRuneInString(str, pos); } for i := 0; i < len(s[in]); i++ { st := s[in][i]; switch s[in][i].inst.kind() { case _BOT: if pos == 0 { s[in] = addState(s[in], st.inst.next(), st.match) } case _EOT: if pos == len(str) { s[in] = addState(s[in], st.inst.next(), st.match) } case _CHAR: if c == st.inst.(*_Char).char { s[out] = addState(s[out], st.inst.next(), st.match) } case _CHARCLASS: if st.inst.(*_CharClass).matches(c) { s[out] = addState(s[out], st.inst.next(), st.match) } case _ANY: if c != endOfFile { s[out] = addState(s[out], st.inst.next(), st.match) } case _BRA: n := st.inst.(*_Bra).n; st.match[2*n] = pos; s[in] = addState(s[in], st.inst.next(), st.match); case _EBRA: n := st.inst.(*_Ebra).n; st.match[2*n+1] = pos; s[in] = addState(s[in], st.inst.next(), st.match); case _ALT: s[in] = addState(s[in], st.inst.(*_Alt).left, st.match); // give other branch a copy of this match vector s1 := make([]int, 2*(re.nbra+1)); for i := 0; i < len(s1); i++ { s1[i] = st.match[i] } s[in] = addState(s[in], st.inst.next(), s1); case _END: // choose leftmost longest if !found || // first st.match[0] < final.match[0] || // leftmost (st.match[0] == final.match[0] && pos > final.match[1]) { // longest final = st; final.match[1] = pos; } found = true; default: st.inst.print(); panic("unknown instruction in execute"); } } pos += charwidth; } return final.match; } // Execute matches the Regexp against the string s. // The return value is an array of integers, in pairs, identifying the positions of // substrings matched by the expression. // s[a[0]:a[1]] is the substring matched by the entire expression. // s[a[2*i]:a[2*i+1]] for i > 0 is the substring matched by the ith parenthesized subexpression. // A negative value means the subexpression did not match any element of the string. // An empty array means "no match". func (re *Regexp) Execute(s string) (a []int) { return re.doExecute(s, 0) } // Match returns whether the Regexp matches the string s. // The return value is a boolean: true for match, false for no match. func (re *Regexp) Match(s string) bool { return len(re.doExecute(s, 0)) > 0 } // MatchStrings matches the Regexp against the string s. // The return value is an array of strings matched by the expression. // a[0] is the substring matched by the entire expression. // a[i] for i > 0 is the substring matched by the ith parenthesized subexpression. // An empty array means ``no match''. func (re *Regexp) MatchStrings(s string) (a []string) { r := re.doExecute(s, 0); if r == nil { return nil } a = make([]string, len(r)/2); for i := 0; i < len(r); i += 2 { if r[i] != -1 { // -1 means no match for this subexpression a[i/2] = s[r[i] : r[i+1]] } } return } // Match checks whether a textual regular expression // matches a substring. More complicated queries need // to use Compile and the full Regexp interface. func Match(pattern string, s string) (matched bool, error *os.Error) { re, err := Compile(pattern); if err != nil { return false, err } return re.Match(s), nil }