parse

                  +-,-"CURRENT"--+
>>-parse(-Pattern-+--------------+-------------------------><
                  +-,-"MAXIMAL"--+
                  +-,-"MINIMAL"--+

This method creates the matcher used to match a string from the regular expression specified with Pattern. The RegularExpression object uses this regular expression until a new invocation of Parse takes place. The second (optional) parameter specifies whether to use minimal or maximal matching. The default is to use the current matching behavior.

[Return values:]

Class REGULAREXPRESSION - parse method

a.0 = "does not match regular expression"
a.1 = "matches regular expression"
b = .array~of("This is a nice flower.",
              "This is a yellow flower.", ,
              "This is a blue flower.",
              "Hi there!")

myRE = .RegularExpression~new
e = myRE~parse("This is a ???? flower.")
if e == 0 then do
  do i over b
    j = myRE~match(i)
    say i~left(24) ">>" a.j
  end
end
else
  say "Error" e "occurred!"
exit

::requires "rxregexp.cls"

Output:

This is a nice flower.   >> Does match regular expression
This is a yellow flower. >> Does not match regular expression
This is a blue flower.   >> Does match regular expression
Hi there!                >> Does not match regular expression

Class REGULAREXPRESSION - parse method

a.0 = "an invalid number!"
a.1 = "a valid number."
b = .array~of("1","42","0","5436412","1a","f43g")
myRE = .RegularExpression~new("[1-9][0-9]*")
do i over b
  j = myRE~match(i)
  say i "is" a.j
end
say

/* Now allow "hex" numbers and a single 0 */
if myRE~parse("0|([1-9a-f][0-9a-f]*)") == 0 then do
  do i over b
    j = myRE~match(i)
    say i "is" a.j
  end
end
else
  say "invalid regular expression!"

exit

::requires "rxregexp.cls"

Class REGULAREXPRESSION - parse method

str = "<p>Paragraph 1</p><p>Paragraph 2</p>"
myRE1 = .RegularExpression~new("<p>?*</p>","MINIMAL")
myRE1~match(str)
myRE2 = .RegularExpression~new("<p>?*</p>","MAXIMAL")
myRE2~match(str)

say "myRE1 (minimal) matched" str~substr(1,myRE1~position)
say "myRE2 (maximal) matched" str~substr(1,myRE2~position)

::requires "rxregexp.cls"

Output:

myRE1 (minimal) matched <p>Paragraph 1</p>
myRE2 (maximal) matched <p>Paragraph 1</p><p>Paragraph 2</p>