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PHP Regex Analyzer and Composer: Analyze and compose regular expressions

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This package be used to analyze and compose regular expressions.

It can take a regular expression string and parse it to return the structure of the parts that define the expression.

The package can also compose a new regular expression programmatically by adding the different parts that compose the expression.

The package also provides versions of the same code in Python and in JavaScript.

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Regular expressions are often used to check if a string matches a given format and extract values from parts of that string.

This package provides a solution to compose and parse a regular expression to make it easier to edit the regular expression and change it to match expression formats that are of the interest of the developer.

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Regex.Analyzer and Regex.Composer

A generic, simple & intuitive Regular Expression Analyzer & Composer for PHP, Python, Node.js / Browser / XPCOM Javascript

Regex v.1.1.0

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  • Dialect a cross-vendor & cross-platform SQL Query Builder, based on GrammarTemplate, for PHP, JavaScript, Python
  • DialectORM an Object-Relational-Mapper (ORM) and Object-Document-Mapper (ODM), based on Dialect, for PHP, JavaScript, Python
  • Unicache a simple and flexible agnostic caching framework, supporting various platforms, for PHP, JavaScript, Python
  • Xpresion a simple and flexible eXpression parser engine (with custom functions and variables support), based on GrammarTemplate, for PHP, JavaScript, Python
  • Regex Analyzer/Composer Regular Expression Analyzer and Composer for PHP, JavaScript, Python

These were used mostly as parts of other projects but uploaded here as standalone.

See /test/js/test.js under /test folder for examples of how to use

Regex.Analyzer Live Playground Example:

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Regex.Composer Live Playground Example:

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Example: (see /test/js/test.js)

//
// use as: node test.js "your_regex_here" > output.txt
"use strict";

var echo = console.log;


var Regex = require('../../src/js/Regex.js');

echo("Regex.VERSION = " + Regex.VERSION);

echo("Testing Regex.Composer");
echo("===============================================================");

var identifierSubRegex = Regex.Composer( )
                
                .characterGroup( )
                    .characters( '_' )
                    .range( 'a', 'z' )
                .end( )
                
                .characterGroup( )
                    .characters( '_' )
                    .range( 'a', 'z' )
                    .range( '0', '9' )
                .end( ).zeroOrMore( )
            
                .partial( );

var outregex = Regex.Composer( )
                    
                .SOL( )
                
                .nonCaptureGroup( ).either( )
                    .regexp( identifierSubRegex )
                    .namedGroup( 'token' ).literal( 'aabb' ).end( )
                    .any( )
                    .space( )
                    .digit( false ).oneOrMore( )
                .end( 2 ).zeroOrMore( false )
                
                .backReference( 'token' )
                
                .EOL( )
                
                .compose( 'i' );
    
echo("Partial        : " + identifierSubRegex);
echo("Composed       : " + outregex.pattern.toString());
echo("Expected       : " + "/^(?:[_a-z][_a-z0-9]|(\\\\aabb\\\\)|.|\\s|\\D+)?\\1$/i");
echo("Output         : " + JSON.stringify(outregex, null, 4));
echo("===============================================================");
echo();

var anal, peekChars, sampleStr, minLen, maxLen, groups, regexp,
    inregex = "/(?P<named_group>[abcde]+)fgh(?P=named_group)(?# a comment)/i";

echo("Testing Regex.Analyzer");
echo("===============================================================");

// test it
anal = Regex.Analyzer( inregex );
peekChars = anal.peek( );
minLen = anal.minimum( );
maxLen = anal.maximum( );
regexp = anal.compile( {i:anal.fl.i?1:0} );
sampleStr = anal.sample( 1, 5 );
groups = anal.groups();
for(var i=0; i<5; i++)
{
    var m = sampleStr[i].match(regexp);
    sampleStr[i] = {sample:sampleStr[i], match:(m ? 'yes' : 'no'), groups: {}};
    if ( m )
    {
        for(var g in groups)
            if ( Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(groups,g) )
                sampleStr[i].groups[g] = m[groups[g]];
    }
}

echo("Input                                       : " + inregex.toString( ));
echo("Regular Expression                          : " + anal.input());
echo("Regular Expression Flags                    : " + Object.keys(anal.fl).join(','));
echo("Reconstructed Regular Expression            : " + anal.source());
echo("===============================================================");
echo("Regular Expression Syntax Tree              : ");
echo(JSON.stringify(anal.tree(true), null, 4));
echo("===============================================================");
echo("Regular Expression (Named) Matched Groups   : ");
echo(JSON.stringify(groups, null, 4));
echo("===============================================================");
echo("Regular Expression Peek Characters          : ");
echo(JSON.stringify({positive:Object.keys(peekChars.positive||{}),negative:Object.keys(peekChars.negative||{})}, null, 4));
echo("===============================================================");
echo("Regular Expression Minimum / Maximum Length : ");
echo(JSON.stringify({minimum:minLen,maximum:-1===maxLen?'unlimited':maxLen}, null, 4));
echo("===============================================================");
echo("Regular Expression Sample Match Strings     : ");
echo(JSON.stringify(sampleStr, null, 4));
echo("===============================================================");

Result

Regex.VERSION = 1.0.0
Testing Regex.Composer
===============================================================
Partial        : [_a-z][_a-z0-9]*
Composed       : /^(?:[_a-z][_a-z0-9]|(\\aabb\\)|.|\s|\D+)?\1$/i
Expected       : /^(?:[_a-z][_a-z0-9]|(\\aabb\\)|.|\s|\D+)?\1$/i
Output         : {
    "source": "^(?:[_a-z][_a-z0-9]|(\\\\aabb\\\\)|.|\\s|\\D+)?\\1$",
    "flags": "i",
    "groups": {
        "1": 1,
        "token": 1
    },
    "pattern": {}
}
===============================================================

Testing Regex.Analyzer
===============================================================
Input                                       : /(?P<named_group>[abcde]+)fgh(?P=named_group)(?# a comment)/i
Regular Expression                          : (?P<named_group>[abcde]+)fgh(?P=named_group)(?# a comment)
Regular Expression Flags                    : i
Reconstructed Regular Expression            : ([abcde]+)fgh\1
===============================================================
Regular Expression Syntax Tree              : 
{
    "type": "Sequence",
    "value": [
        {
            "type": "Group",
            "value": {
                "type": "Sequence",
                "value": [
                    {
                        "type": "Quantifier",
                        "value": {
                            "type": "CharacterGroup",
                            "value": [
                                {
                                    "type": "Characters",
                                    "value": [
                                        "a",
                                        "b",
                                        "c",
                                        "d",
                                        "e"
                                    ]
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        "flags": {
                            "MatchOneOrMore": 1,
                            "min": 1,
                            "max": -1,
                            "isGreedy": 1
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            "flags": {
                "NamedGroup": 1,
                "GroupName": "named_group",
                "GroupIndex": 1
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "String",
            "value": "fgh"
        },
        {
            "type": "Special",
            "value": "1",
            "flags": {
                "BackReference": 1,
                "GroupName": "named_group",
                "GroupIndex": 1
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "Comment",
            "value": " a comment"
        }
    ]
}
===============================================================
Regular Expression (Named) Matched Groups   : 
{
    "1": 1,
    "named_group": 1
}
===============================================================
Regular Expression Peek Characters          : 
{
    "positive": [
        "a",
        "b",
        "c",
        "d",
        "e",
        "A",
        "B",
        "C",
        "D",
        "E"
    ],
    "negative": []
}
===============================================================
Regular Expression Minimum / Maximum Length : 
{
    "minimum": 5,
    "maximum": "unlimited"
}
===============================================================
Regular Expression Sample Match Strings     : 
[
    {
        "sample": "AdbFGHAdb",
        "match": "yes",
        "groups": {
            "1": "Adb",
            "named_group": "Adb"
        }
    },
    {
        "sample": "CDfghCD",
        "match": "yes",
        "groups": {
            "1": "CD",
            "named_group": "CD"
        }
    },
    {
        "sample": "CBCfghCBC",
        "match": "yes",
        "groups": {
            "1": "CBC",
            "named_group": "CBC"
        }
    },
    {
        "sample": "BbaAFGHBbaA",
        "match": "yes",
        "groups": {
            "1": "BbaA",
            "named_group": "BbaA"
        }
    },
    {
        "sample": "EfghE",
        "match": "yes",
        "groups": {
            "1": "E",
            "named_group": "E"
        }
    }
]
===============================================================

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