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- # Temporary Holding Version
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+ # regex-explain
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- This version is a temporary placeholder for this package. An operational version to replace this has been submitted for review and is awaiting a staged release.
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+ Explains ECMAScript regular expressions in plain English, as a tree of steps that follows the
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+ pattern's structure. It also reports how long a match can be and warns about catastrophic
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+ backtracking (ReDoS), suggesting an equivalent safe pattern when one exists. It can also find the
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+ regexes in source code in several languages, and run a regex over text to list its matches by line.
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+
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+ ```sh
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+ npm install regex-explain
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+ ```
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+
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+ The package ships CommonJS and ES module builds with TypeScript types, and needs Node.js 18 or
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+ later. Finding regexes in source code also needs the optional peer dependency
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+ [`@vscode/tree-sitter-wasm`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@vscode/tree-sitter-wasm):
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+
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+ ```sh
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+ npm install @vscode/tree-sitter-wasm
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Usage
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ import { ExplanationRenderer, explainRegex } from "regex-explain";
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+
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+ const result = explainRegex("^\\d{3}-\\d{4}$");
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+ console.log(new ExplanationRenderer(result).text());
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+ ```
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+
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+ ```text
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+ ^ Assert position is at the start of the input
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+ \d{3} Match a digit (0-9), exactly 3 times
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+ - Match the character "-"
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+ \d{4} Match a digit (0-9), exactly 4 times
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+ $ Assert position is at the end of the input
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+
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+ Matches exactly 8 characters.
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+ ```
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+
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+ `markdownTable()` renders the same result as Markdown:
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+
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+ <!-- prettier-ignore -->
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+ ```md
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+ | Code Point | Explanation |
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+ | ---------- | ----------- |
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+ | `^` | Assert position is at the start of the input |
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+ | `\d{3}` | Match a digit (0-9), exactly 3 times |
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+ | `-` | Match the character `-` |
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+ | `\d{4}` | Match a digit (0-9), exactly 4 times |
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+ | `$` | Assert position is at the end of the input |
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+
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+ *Matches exactly 8 characters.*
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+ ```
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+
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+ Use `model()` or walk `result.nodes` to build your own output. Each node carries the source it
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+ explains and its offsets in the pattern, so you can highlight it:
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+
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+ ```json
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+ {
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+ "raw": "\\d{3}",
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+ "start": 1,
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+ "end": 6,
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+ "description": "Match a digit (0-9), exactly 3 times",
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+ "children": []
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## API
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+
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+ ### `explainRegex(pattern, flags?, options?)`
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+
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+ Explains `pattern` (without slashes, as passed to `new RegExp()`) compiled with `flags`. Returns an
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+ `ExplainResult`; it does not throw for invalid patterns.
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+
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+ - `ExplainOptions`: `{ checkBacktracking?: boolean }`. The backtracking check is on by default.
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+ - `ExplainResult`: either a `RegexExplanation` (`ok: true`) or a `RegexExplanationError`
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+ (`ok: false`, with `message` and, when known, the `index` of the error in the pattern).
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+ - `RegexExplanation` has:
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+ - `nodes`: the top-level `ExplanationNode` steps. Each node has `raw`, `start`, `end`,
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+ `description`, and `children`. Descriptions may contain Markdown code spans.
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+ - `flagExplanations`: one `FlagExplanation` (`flag`, `name`, `description`) per flag.
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+ - `length`: a `LengthSummary` with the `min` and `max` characters a match consumes. `max` is
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+ `Infinity` when unbounded.
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+ - `warnings`: `BacktrackingWarning` entries with the quantifier's `raw`, `start`, and `end`,
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+ whether the backtracking is `exponential`, an `attackCharacter` that triggers it when repeated,
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+ a `description`, and a `fix` (`pattern` and `flags`) when an equivalent safe pattern exists.
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+ - `multiline`: whether `^` and `$` match at line breaks anywhere in the pattern, through the `m`
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+ flag or a group such as `(?m:...)`. `explainRegex("(?m:^a)").multiline` is `true`.
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+
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+ ### `parseRegexInput(text)` and `isRegexSource(value)`
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+
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+ `parseRegexInput` reads text a user typed or selected as a `RegexSource` (`{ pattern, flags }`, as
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+ `new RegExp()` takes them): a literal such as `/ab+c/gi`, optionally surrounded by whitespace, is
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+ split into its pattern and flags, and anything else is a bare pattern with no flags.
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+ `parseRegexInput("/ab+c/gi")` returns `{ pattern: "ab+c", flags: "gi" }` and
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+ `parseRegexInput("ab+c")` returns `{ pattern: "ab+c", flags: "" }`. It does not validate the
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+ pattern. Results, located regexes, and match requests all extend `RegexSource`. `isRegexSource` is a
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+ type guard that tells whether an untyped value, such as a command argument, has string `pattern` and
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+ `flags` properties.
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+
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+ ### `ExplanationRenderer`
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+
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+ `new ExplanationRenderer(result)` renders an `ExplainResult` in several formats:
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+
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+ - `markdownList(options?)`: a nested Markdown list, as in hovers.
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+ - `markdownTable(options?)`: a Markdown table with Code Point and Explanation columns. Nested steps
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+ are indented with `&nbsp;`.
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+ - `text(options?)`: aligned plain text, with code spans shown in double quotes.
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+ - `model()`: everything a view shows, as an `ExplanationModel`, which the other formats render from:
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+ the regex as a `literal` (`/pattern/flags`), the `error` (`ErrorModel`: `message`, `pattern`,
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+ `index`, and a `caret` line such as `" ^"` to print under the pattern) for an invalid pattern,
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+ `warnings` (`WarningModel`: the `fix` as a literal), the steps as `rows` (`ExplanationRow`: `raw`
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+ and nesting `depth`), the `length` sentence such as "Matches 2 to 4 characters.", `flags`
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+ (`FlagModel`: `flag` and `name`), and whether the pattern is `multiline`. Each warning, row, and
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+ flag has a `description`, which may contain Markdown code spans, and the same text as `parts`:
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+ `TextPart`s with the `text` and whether it is `code`, so that HTML or other UIs render it without
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+ a Markdown parser. For an invalid pattern, the model has only the `literal` and `error`; its lists
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+ are empty.
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+
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+ The Markdown and text formats put warnings first, then the steps, the match length, and the flags.
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+ Invalid patterns render the error with a caret under its position. `RenderOptions`:
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+ `{ title?: boolean }` starts the output with the whole regex (under a heading in Markdown).
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+
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+ ### `describeCount(min, max)`
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+
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+ Words a repetition count ("one or more times"), for callers that build their own output.
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+
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+ ### `RegexFinder` and `findRegexAt(regexes, offset)`
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+
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+ `new RegexFinder(wasmDir)` finds regexes in source code with tree-sitter: regex literals, and string
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+ literals passed to regex APIs such as `new RegExp()`, Python's `re.compile()`, or Java's
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+ `Pattern.compile()`. `wasmDir` is a directory or URL holding `tree-sitter.wasm` and the grammar
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+ files; in Node, pass the `wasm` directory of `@vscode/tree-sitter-wasm`. The runtime and each
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+ grammar load on first use. `find` returns no regexes for a source longer than 1,000,000 characters,
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+ since parsing generated or minified files on every change is slow.
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ import { createRequire } from "module";
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+ import * as path from "path";
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+ import { RegexFinder, findRegexAt } from "regex-explain";
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+
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+ const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
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+ const finder = new RegexFinder(path.dirname(require.resolve("@vscode/tree-sitter-wasm")));
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+ const source = 'import re\nDATE = re.compile(r"(\\d{4})-(\\d{2})")\n';
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+ const regexes = await finder.find(source, "python"); // in an ES module
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+ // [ { pattern: '(\\d{4})-(\\d{2})', flags: '', start: 28, end: 46 } ]
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+ findRegexAt(regexes, 30); // the same regex, which covers offset 30
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+ ```
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+
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+ - `find(source, languageId)` resolves to `LocatedRegex`es (`pattern`, `flags`, `start`, and `end`
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+ offsets in UTF-16 code units), in order. String escapes are decoded, so `"\\d"` in source becomes
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+ `\d`, and flags are translated to JavaScript, such as Ruby's `m` to `s`. Strings built at run
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+ time, such as interpolations, are skipped. Unsupported languages give `[]`.
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+ - `supports(languageId)` tells whether a language is supported.
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+ - `SUPPORTED_LANGUAGE_IDS` lists the language IDs, which are VS Code's: `javascript`,
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+ `javascriptreact`, `typescript`, `typescriptreact`, `vue`, `svelte` (both inside `<script>` blocks
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+ only), `python`, `go`, `rust`, `java`, `csharp`, `ruby`, and `php`. The
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+ [extension README](https://github.com/awalsh128/vscode-regex-explain/tree/main/packages/vscode-regex-explain#readme)
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+ lists the calls recognized in each.
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+ - `GRAMMARS` lists the grammar names, for copying `tree-sitter-<grammar>.wasm` files when bundling.
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+
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+ ### `findMatches(request)`
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+
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+ Runs a `MatchRequest` (`pattern`, `flags`, `text`, a match `limit`, and optionally `entries`) with
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+ JavaScript's `RegExp`, adding `g` if missing. It returns a `MatchResponse`: the `matches`, whether
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+ they were `truncated` at the limit, and an `error` if the pattern does not compile. `findMatches`
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+ never sets `timedOut`; it is there for callers that stop matching from outside, such as a worker
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+ with a time limit. Each `FoundMatch` has `start` and `end` offsets, the matched `text`, the 1-based
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+ `startLine` and `endLine`, the numbered `groups`, and the `named` groups.
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ findMatches({
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+ pattern: "(\\d{4})-(\\d{2})",
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+ flags: "",
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+ text: "due 2024-05\nor 2025-01",
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+ limit: 100,
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+ });
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+ // matches[0]: { start: 4, end: 11, text: "2024-05", startLine: 1, endLine: 1,
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+ // groups: ["2024", "05"], named: {} }
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+ // matches[1]: { start: 15, end: 22, text: "2025-01", startLine: 2, endLine: 2, ... }
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+ ```
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+
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+ With `entries: true`, each line is a separate entry, matched on its own: `^` and `$` match at its
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+ ends and no match spans lines. A line break at the end of the text does not start another entry. The
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+ response then also has the `entries` (`MatchEntry`: the 1-based `line`, its `start` and `end`
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+ offsets without the line break, and its `text`). Match offsets and lines are still in the whole
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+ text. When matching stops at the limit, entries after the one holding the last match are left out.
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ findMatches({
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+ pattern: "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}$",
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+ flags: "",
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+ text: "2024-05\nsoon\n2025-01",
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+ limit: 100,
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+ entries: true,
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+ });
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+ // matches: "2024-05" (start 0, startLine 1) and "2025-01" (start 13, startLine 3)
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+ // entries: [ { line: 1, start: 0, end: 7, text: "2024-05" },
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+ // { line: 2, start: 8, end: 12, text: "soon" },
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+ // { line: 3, start: 13, end: 20, text: "2025-01" } ]
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+ ```
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+ A pattern that backtracks catastrophically can run for a very long time; run untrusted patterns
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+ where they can be stopped, such as a worker thread.
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+
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+ ### `describeMatches(response)`
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+
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+ Words a `MatchResponse` for display, returning a `MatchesModel`: a one-sentence `summary` such as "2
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+ matches." or why the regex could not run, whether it reports a `problem` (an `error` or `timedOut`),
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+ and the `matches` (`MatchModel`). Each has the `start` and `end` offsets, `lines` such as `L1` or
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+ `L1–2`, the `text` ("(empty)" for an empty match), and `groups` (`MatchGroupModel`: the `name`,
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+ which is `$1`, `$2`, and so on or the group's name, the `value` ("(no match)" if the group did not
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+ take part), and whether it `matched`).
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+
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+ For a response with `entries`, the summary counts entries instead, such as "2 of 3 entries match."
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+ or "No entries.", and the model also has the `entries` (`EntryModel`: the `line` such as `L2`, its
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+ `start` and `end`, its `text` ("(empty)" for an empty line), whether it `matched`, and its
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+ `matches`). For the entries example above, they are `L1` "2024-05" (matched, 1 match), `L2` "soon"
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+ (not matched), and `L3` "2025-01" (matched, 1 match).
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ const model = describeMatches(
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+ findMatches({
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+ pattern: "(?<year>\\d{4})-(\\d{2})",
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+ flags: "",
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+ text: "due 2024-05\nor 2025-01",
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+ limit: 100,
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+ })
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+ );
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+ // model.summary: "2 matches." model.problem: false model.matches[1].lines: "L2"
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+ // model.matches[0]: { start: 4, end: 11, lines: "L1", text: "2024-05",
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+ // groups: [ { name: "$1", value: "2024", matched: true },
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+ // { name: "$2", value: "05", matched: true },
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+ // { name: "year", value: "2024", matched: true } ] }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### `regex101Url(source, testString?)`
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+
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+ Builds a [regex101](https://regex101.com) link that opens a `RegexSource` in the JavaScript flavor,
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+ prefilled through the query string as the
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+ [regex101 FAQ](https://github.com/firasdib/Regex101/wiki/FAQ#how-to-prefill-the-fields-on-the-interface-via-url)
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+ describes. Values are percent-encoded, and the test string is left out when empty.
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+
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+ ```ts
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+ regex101Url({ pattern: "a+b", flags: "gi" });
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+ // "https://regex101.com/?regex=a%2Bb&flags=gi&flavor=javascript"
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Migrating from `renderMarkdown` and `renderText`
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+
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+ `renderMarkdown(result, options)`, `renderText(result, options)`, and `describeLength(result)` were
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+ replaced by `new ExplanationRenderer(result).markdownList(options)`, `.text(options)`, and
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+ `.model().length`.
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+
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+ ## Semantics and limitations
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+
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+ Patterns follow **JavaScript** semantics up to ES2025: named and duplicate named groups, lookbehind,
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+ Unicode property escapes, the `v` flag's set operations and `\q{...}`, and inline modifiers such as
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+ `(?i:...)`. Constructs specific to other engines are reported as syntax errors.
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+
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+ The backtracking check omits patterns that are slow only because the engine retries them at every
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+ input position (for example `/a+b/`); those are too common to be useful as warnings. Fixes are not
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+ offered when a rewrite would change what a capture group holds.
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+
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+ ## How it works
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+
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+ Parsing uses [`@eslint-community/regexpp`](https://github.com/eslint-community/regexpp), the parser
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+ behind ESLint's regex rules. Character sets, case folding, and match lengths come from
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+ [`regexp-ast-analysis`](https://github.com/RunDevelopment/regexp-ast-analysis), and backtracking
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+ analysis from [`scslre`](https://github.com/RunDevelopment/scslre), the libraries used by
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+ [`eslint-plugin-regexp`](https://github.com/ota-meshi/eslint-plugin-regexp). This package walks the
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+ parsed tree and words the results. Finding regexes in source code uses tree-sitter grammars from
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+ [`@vscode/tree-sitter-wasm`](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-tree-sitter-wasm) with one query
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+ per language.
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+
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+ ## License
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+
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+ Apache-2.0
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+ /**
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+ * Where regexes appear in each supported language, as tree-sitter queries over the grammars in
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+ * `@vscode/tree-sitter-wasm`. Adding a language means adding an entry here; the locator and the
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+ * bundle script read this table.
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+ *
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+ * Capture names tell the locator how to read a match:
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+ *
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+ * - `@regex`: the whole regex expression. The hover covers it; without it, the hover covers the
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+ * pattern capture.
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+ * - `@pattern` and `@flags`: nodes whose source text is the pattern or flags as written.
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+ * - `@literal`: a regex literal whose first and last children are its delimiters, with the flags
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+ * after the closing delimiter, such as Ruby's `/a+/i` or `%r{a+}i`.
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+ * - `@pattern.string` and `@flags.string`: string literals whose values are the pattern or flags.
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+ * - `@pattern.delimited`: a string literal whose value is a delimited pattern such as `/a+/i`.
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+ *
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+ * Captures starting with `_` exist only for predicates.
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+ */
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+ /** How to find regexes in one language. */
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+ export interface LanguageSpec {
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+ /** The grammar, loaded from `tree-sitter-<grammar>.wasm`. */
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+ readonly grammar: string;
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+ /** A tree-sitter query using the capture names described in this module. */
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+ readonly query: string;
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+ /** Flags that mean something else in JavaScript, for `translateFlags`. */
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+ readonly flags?: Readonly<Record<string, string>>;
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+ /** Parse only the `<script>` blocks, for single-file component formats. */
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+ readonly scriptBlocks?: boolean;
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+ }
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+ /** Supported languages, keyed by VS Code language ID. */
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+ export declare const LANGUAGES: Readonly<Record<string, LanguageSpec>>;
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+ /** VS Code language IDs that have a {@link LanguageSpec}, in table order. */
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+ export declare const SUPPORTED_LANGUAGE_IDS: readonly string[];
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+ /** Grammar names used by {@link LANGUAGES}, each once. */
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+ export declare const GRAMMARS: readonly string[];
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+ "use strict";
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+ /**
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+ * Where regexes appear in each supported language, as tree-sitter queries over the grammars in
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+ * `@vscode/tree-sitter-wasm`. Adding a language means adding an entry here; the locator and the
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+ * bundle script read this table.
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+ *
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+ * Capture names tell the locator how to read a match:
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+ *
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+ * - `@regex`: the whole regex expression. The hover covers it; without it, the hover covers the
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+ * pattern capture.
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+ * - `@pattern` and `@flags`: nodes whose source text is the pattern or flags as written.
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+ * - `@literal`: a regex literal whose first and last children are its delimiters, with the flags
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+ * after the closing delimiter, such as Ruby's `/a+/i` or `%r{a+}i`.
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+ * - `@pattern.string` and `@flags.string`: string literals whose values are the pattern or flags.
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+ * - `@pattern.delimited`: a string literal whose value is a delimited pattern such as `/a+/i`.
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+ *
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+ * Captures starting with `_` exist only for predicates.
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+ */
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+ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
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+ exports.GRAMMARS = exports.SUPPORTED_LANGUAGE_IDS = exports.LANGUAGES = void 0;
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+ /** JavaScript string literals, with or without template syntax. */
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+ const JS_STRING = "[(string) (template_string)]";
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+ /** Regex literals and `RegExp` constructor calls, shared by the JavaScript-family grammars. */
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+ const JS_QUERY = `
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+ (regex pattern: (regex_pattern) @pattern flags: (regex_flags)? @flags) @regex
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+ (new_expression
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+ constructor: (identifier) @_constructor
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+ arguments: (arguments . ${JS_STRING} @pattern.string . ${JS_STRING}? @flags.string)
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+ (#eq? @_constructor "RegExp"))
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+ (call_expression
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+ function: (identifier) @_constructor
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+ arguments: (arguments . ${JS_STRING} @pattern.string . ${JS_STRING}? @flags.string)
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+ (#eq? @_constructor "RegExp"))
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+ `;
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+ /** C# string literals that hold a pattern on one line. */
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+ const CS_STRING = "[(string_literal) (verbatim_string_literal) (raw_string_literal)]";
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+ /** Ruby flags: `m` is JavaScript's `s`; `o` and the encoding flags do not change what matches. */
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+ const RUBY_FLAGS = { m: "s", o: "", n: "", e: "", s: "", u: "" };
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+ /**
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+ * PHP (PCRE) flags: `u` and `S` do not change what matches for patterns JavaScript can parse.
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+ * Others, such as `x`, are kept so that the explainer reports them.
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+ */
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+ const PHP_FLAGS = { u: "", S: "" };
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+ /** Supported languages, keyed by VS Code language ID. */
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+ exports.LANGUAGES = {
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+ javascript: { grammar: "javascript", query: JS_QUERY },
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+ javascriptreact: { grammar: "javascript", query: JS_QUERY },
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+ typescript: { grammar: "typescript", query: JS_QUERY },
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+ typescriptreact: { grammar: "tsx", query: JS_QUERY },
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+ vue: { grammar: "typescript", query: JS_QUERY, scriptBlocks: true },
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+ svelte: { grammar: "typescript", query: JS_QUERY, scriptBlocks: true },
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+ python: {
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+ grammar: "python",
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+ query: `
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+ (call
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+ function: (attribute object: (identifier) @_module attribute: (identifier) @_function)
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+ arguments: (argument_list . (string) @pattern.string)
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+ (#any-of? @_module "re" "regex")
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+ (#any-of? @_function
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+ "compile" "search" "match" "fullmatch" "split" "findall" "finditer" "sub" "subn"))
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+ `,
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+ },
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+ go: {
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+ grammar: "go",
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+ query: `
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+ (call_expression
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+ function: (selector_expression operand: (identifier) @_package field: (field_identifier) @_function)
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+ arguments: (argument_list
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+ . [(raw_string_literal) (interpreted_string_literal)] @pattern.string)
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+ (#eq? @_package "regexp")
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+ (#any-of? @_function
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+ "Compile" "CompilePOSIX" "MustCompile" "MustCompilePOSIX" "Match" "MatchReader" "MatchString"))
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+ `,
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+ },
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+ rust: {
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+ grammar: "rust",
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+ query: `
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+ (call_expression
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+ function: (scoped_identifier path: (_) @_type name: (identifier) @_function)
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+ arguments: (arguments . [(string_literal) (raw_string_literal)] @pattern.string)
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+ (#match? @_type "(^|::)(Regex|RegexBuilder)$")
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+ (#eq? @_function "new"))
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+ `,
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+ },
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+ java: {
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+ // Text blocks ("""...""") strip indentation, which the decoder does not model.
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+ grammar: "java",
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+ query: `
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+ (method_invocation
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+ object: (identifier) @_class
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+ name: (identifier) @_method
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+ arguments: (argument_list . (string_literal) @pattern.string)
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+ (#eq? @_class "Pattern")
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+ (#eq? @_method "compile")
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+ (#not-match? @pattern.string "^\\"\\"\\""))
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+ (method_invocation
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+ name: (identifier) @_method
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+ arguments: (argument_list . (string_literal) @pattern.string)
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+ (#any-of? @_method "matches" "split")
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+ (#not-match? @pattern.string "^\\"\\"\\""))
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+ (method_invocation
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+ name: (identifier) @_method
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+ arguments: (argument_list . (string_literal) @pattern.string . (_))
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+ (#any-of? @_method "replaceAll" "replaceFirst")
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+ (#not-match? @pattern.string "^\\"\\"\\""))
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+ `,
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+ },
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+ csharp: {
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+ // Multi-line raw strings strip indentation, which the decoder does not model.
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+ grammar: "c-sharp",
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+ query: `
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+ (object_creation_expression
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+ type: (_) @_type
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+ arguments: (argument_list . (argument ${CS_STRING} @pattern.string))
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+ (#match? @_type "(^|\\\\.)Regex$")
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+ (#not-match? @pattern.string "^\\"\\"\\"+\\\\s*\\n"))
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+ (invocation_expression
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+ function: (member_access_expression expression: (_) @_type name: (identifier) @_method)
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+ arguments: (argument_list . (argument) . (argument ${CS_STRING} @pattern.string))
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+ (#match? @_type "(^|\\\\.)Regex$")
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+ (#any-of? @_method "Count" "EnumerateMatches" "IsMatch" "Match" "Matches" "Replace" "Split")
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+ (#not-match? @pattern.string "^\\"\\"\\"+\\\\s*\\n"))
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+ (attribute
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+ name: (identifier) @_attribute
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+ (attribute_argument_list . (attribute_argument ${CS_STRING} @pattern.string))
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+ (#eq? @_attribute "GeneratedRegex")
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+ (#not-match? @pattern.string "^\\"\\"\\"+\\\\s*\\n"))
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+ `,
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+ },
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+ ruby: {
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+ grammar: "ruby",
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+ flags: RUBY_FLAGS,
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+ query: `
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+ (regex) @literal
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+ (call
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+ receiver: (constant) @_class
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+ method: (identifier) @_method
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+ arguments: (argument_list . (string) @pattern.string)
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+ (#eq? @_class "Regexp")
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+ (#any-of? @_method "new" "compile"))
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+ `,
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+ },
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+ php: {
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+ grammar: "php",
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+ flags: PHP_FLAGS,
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+ query: `
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+ (function_call_expression
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+ function: (name) @_function
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+ arguments: (arguments . (argument [(string) (encapsed_string)] @pattern.delimited))
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+ (#match? @_function "^preg_(filter|grep|match|match_all|replace|replace_callback|split)$"))
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+ `,
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+ },
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+ };
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+ /** VS Code language IDs that have a {@link LanguageSpec}, in table order. */
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+ exports.SUPPORTED_LANGUAGE_IDS = Object.keys(exports.LANGUAGES);
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+ /** Grammar names used by {@link LANGUAGES}, each once. */
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+ exports.GRAMMARS = [
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+ ...new Set(Object.values(exports.LANGUAGES).map((spec) => spec.grammar)),
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+ ];
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