rregex 1.7.0 → 1.8.0

package/README.md

@@ -4,22 +4,26 @@ A WebAssembly build of [Rust Regex](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/) for Jav
 
 > Note: this project is not intended to be used in production jet
 
-* [Why Rust Regex](#why-rust-regex)
-* [Install](#install)
-* [API](#api)
-  * [`isMatch(text: string): boolean`](#ismatchtext-string-boolean)
-  * [`isMatchAt(text: string, limit: number): boolean`](#ismatchattext-string-limit-number-boolean)
-  * [`find(text: string): Match | undefined;`](#findtext-string-match--undefined)
-  * [`findAt(text: string): Match | undefined;`](#findattext-string-match--undefined)
-  * [`findAll(text: string): Match[];`](#findalltext-string-match)
-  * [`replace(text: string, rep: string): string;`](#replacetext-string-rep-string-string)
-  * [`replaceAll(text: string, rep: string): string;`](#replacealltext-string-rep-string-string)
-  * [`replacen(text: string, limit: number, rep: string): string;`](#replacentext-string-limit-number-rep-string-string)
-  * [`split(text: string): string[];`](#splittext-string-string)
-  * [`splitn(text: string, limit: number): string[];`](#splitntext-string-limit-number-string)
-  * [`shortestMatch(text: string): number | undefined;`](#shortestmatchtext-string-number--undefined)
-  * [`shortestMatchAt(text: string, limit: number): number | undefined;`](#shortestmatchattext-string-limit-number-number--undefined)
-* [Known Issues](#known-issues)
+- [Why Rust Regex](#why-rust-regex)
+- [Install](#install)
+- [API](#api)
+  - [`isMatch(text: string): boolean`](#ismatchtext-string-boolean)
+  - [`isMatchAt(text: string, limit: number): boolean`](#ismatchattext-string-limit-number-boolean)
+  - [`find(text: string): Match | undefined;`](#findtext-string-match--undefined)
+  - [`findAt(text: string): Match | undefined;`](#findattext-string-match--undefined)
+  - [`findAll(text: string): Match[];`](#findalltext-string-match)
+  - [`capturesLength(): number;`](#captureslength-number) (since 1.8)
+  - [`captureNames(): string[];`](#capturenames-string) (since 1.8)
+  - [`captures(text: string): Captures | undefined;`](#capturestext-string-captures--undefined) (since 1.8)
+  - [`capturesAll(text: string): Captures[];`](#capturesalltext-string-captures) (since 1.8)
+  - [`replace(text: string, rep: string): string;`](#replacetext-string-rep-string-string)
+  - [`replaceAll(text: string, rep: string): string;`](#replacealltext-string-rep-string-string)
+  - [`replacen(text: string, limit: number, rep: string): string;`](#replacentext-string-limit-number-rep-string-string)
+  - [`split(text: string): string[];`](#splittext-string-string)
+  - [`splitn(text: string, limit: number): string[];`](#splitntext-string-limit-number-string)
+  - [`shortestMatch(text: string): number | undefined;`](#shortestmatchtext-string-number--undefined)
+  - [`shortestMatchAt(text: string, limit: number): number | undefined;`](#shortestmatchattext-string-limit-number-number--undefined)
+- [Known Issues](#known-issues)
 
 ## Why Rust Regex
 
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ assert.equal(re.isMatch("2014-01-01"), true);
 
 ### `isMatch(text: string): boolean;`
 
-Returns true if and only if there is a match for the regex in the string given. ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.is_match))
+Returns true if and only if there is a match for the regex in the string given.
 
 ```typescript
 const text = "I categorically deny having triskaidekaphobia.";
@@ -55,9 +59,13 @@ const re = new RRegex("\\b\\w{13}\\b");
 expect(re.isMatch(text)).toEqual(true);
 ```
 
+[See Documentation for `is_match`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.is_match)
+
 ### `isMatchAt(text: string, limit: number): boolean;`
 
-Returns the same as is_match, but starts the search at the given offset. ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.is_match_at))
+Returns the same as is_match, but starts the search at the given offset.
+
+ [See Documentation for `is_match_at`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.is_match_at)
 
 ```typescript
 const text = "I categorically deny having triskaidekaphobia.";
@@ -68,7 +76,7 @@ expect(re.isMatchAt(text, 5)).toBe(false);
 
 ### `find(text: string): Match | undefined;`
 
-Returns the start and end byte range of the leftmost-first match in `text`. If no match exists, then `undefined` is returned. ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.find))
+Returns the start and end byte range of the leftmost-first match in `text`. If no match exists, then `undefined` is returned.
 
 ```typescript
 const text = "I categorically deny having triskaidekaphobia.";
@@ -80,9 +88,11 @@ expect(re.find(text)).toEqual({
 });
 ```
 
+[See Documentation for `find`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.find)
+
 ### `findAt(text: string): Match | undefined;`
 
-Returns the same as find, but starts the search at the given offset. ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.find_at))
+Returns the same as find, but starts the search at the given offset.
 
 ```typescript
 const text = "I categorically deny having triskaidekaphobia.";
@@ -96,9 +106,11 @@ expect(re.findAt(text, 1)).toEqual({
 expect(re.findAt(text, 5)).toEqual(undefined);
 ```
 
+([See Documentation for `find_at`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.find_at))
+
 ### `findAll(text: string): Match[];`
 
-Returns an array for each successive non-overlapping match in text, returning the start and end byte indices with respect to text ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.find_iter))
+Returns an array for each successive non-overlapping match in text, returning the start and end byte indices with respect to text
 
 ```typescript
     const text = 'Retroactively relinquishing remunerations is reprehensible.'
@@ -128,11 +140,94 @@ Returns an array for each successive non-overlapping match in text, returning th
   })
 ```
 
+[See Documentation for `find_iter`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.find_iter)
+
+### `captureNames(): string[];`
+
+> Note: available since 1.8
+
+Returns a list of the capture names in this regex.
+
+[See Documentation for `capture_names`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.capture_names)
+
+### `captures(text: string): Captures | undefined;`
+
+> Note: available since 1.8
+
+Returns the capture groups corresponding to the leftmost-first
+match in `text`. Capture group `0` always corresponds to the entire
+match. If no match is found, then `undefined` is returned.
+
+```typescript
+const re = new Regex("'([^']+)'\\s+\\((\\d{4})\)")
+const text = "Not my favorite movie: 'Citizen Kane' (1941)."
+const caps = re.captures(text)
+expect(caps.get[1].value).toBe("Citizen Kane")
+expect(caps.get[2].value).toBe("1941")
+expect(caps.get[0].value).toBe("'Citizen Kane' (1941)")
+```
+
+### `capturesAll(text: string): Captures[];`
+
+> Note: available since 1.8
+
+Returns a list with all the non-overlapping capture groups matched
+in `text`. This is operationally the same as `findAll`, except it
+returns information about capturing group matches.
+
+```typescript
+const re = new Regex("'(?P<title>[^']+)'\\s+\\((?P<year>\\d{4})\\)")
+const text = "'Citizen Kane' (1941), 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939), 'M' (1931)."
+for caps of re.captures_iter(text) {
+    console.log(
+        "Movie:", caps.name["title"].value, ","
+        "Released:", caps.name["year"].value
+    );
+}
+// Output:
+// Movie: Citizen Kane, Released: 1941
+// Movie: The Wizard of Oz, Released: 1939
+// Movie: M, Released: 1931
+```
+
+[See the documentation for `captures_iter`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.captures_iter))
+
+### `capturesLength(): number;`
+
+> Note: available since 1.8
+
+Returns the number of captures.
+
+This includes all named and unnamed groups, including the implicit
+unnamed group that is always present and corresponds to the entire match.
+
+Since the implicit unnamed group is always included in this length, the
+length returned is guaranteed to be greater than zero.
+
+```typescript
+const re1 = new RRegex("(?P<y>\\d{4})-(?P<m>\\d{2})-(?P<d>\\d{2})");
+expect(re1.capturesLength()).toEqual(4);
+
+const re2 = new RRegex("foo");
+expect(re2.capturesLength()).toEqual(1);
+
+const re3 = new RRegex("(foo)");
+expect(re3.capturesLength()).toEqual(2);
+
+const re4 = new RRegex("(?<a>.(?<b>.))(.)(?:.)(?<c>.)");
+expect(re4.capturesLength()).toEqual(5);
+
+const re5 = new RRegex("[a&&b]");
+expect(re5.capturesLength()).toEqual(1);
+```
+
+[See the documentation for `captures_len`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.captures_len)
+
 ### `replace(text: string, rep: string): string;`
 
 Replaces the leftmost-first match with the replacement provided.
 
-If no match is found, then a copy of the string is returned unchanged. ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.replace))
+If no match is found, then a copy of the string is returned unchanged.
 
 Note that this function is polymorphic with respect to the replacement. In typical usage, this can just be a normal string:
 
@@ -161,19 +256,23 @@ expect(result).toEqual("deep_fried");
 
 Without the curly braces, the capture group name `first_` would be used, and since it doesn’t exist, it would be replaced with the empty string.
 
+[See Documentation for `replace`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.replace)
+
 ### `replaceAll(text: string, rep: string): string;`
 
 Replaces all non-overlapping matches in `text` with the replacement provided. This is the same as calling `replacen` with `limit` set to `0`.
 
-See the documentation for `replace` for details on how to access capturing group matches in the replacement string. ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.replace_all))
+[See the documentation for `replace_all`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.replace_all)
 
 ### `replacen(text: string, limit: number, rep: string): string;`
 
-Replaces at most `limit` non-overlapping matches in `text` with the replacement provided. If `limit` is 0, then all non-overlapping matches are replaced. ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.replacen))
+Replaces at most `limit` non-overlapping matches in `text` with the replacement provided. If `limit` is 0, then all non-overlapping matches are replaced.
+
+[See Documentation for `replacen`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.replacen)
 
 ### `split(text: string): string[];`
 
-Returns an iterator of substrings of `text` delimited by a match of the regular expression. Namely, each element of the iterator corresponds to text that isn’t matched by the regular expression. ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.split))
+Returns an iterator of substrings of `text` delimited by a match of the regular expression. Namely, each element of the iterator corresponds to text that isn’t matched by the regular expression.
 
 ```typescript
 const re = new RRegex("[ \\t]+");
@@ -181,9 +280,11 @@ const fields = re.split("a b \t  c\td    e");
 expect(fields).toEqual(["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]);
 ```
 
+[See Documentation for `split`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.split)
+
 ### `splitn(text: string, limit: number): string[];`
 
-Returns an iterator of at most `limit` substrings of `text` delimited by a match of the regular expression. (A limit of 0 will return no substrings.) Namely, each element of the iterator corresponds to text that isn’t matched by the regular expression. The remainder of the string that is not split will be the last element in the iterator.([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.splitn))
+Returns an iterator of at most `limit` substrings of `text` delimited by a match of the regular expression. (A limit of 0 will return no substrings.) Namely, each element of the iterator corresponds to text that isn’t matched by the regular expression. The remainder of the string that is not split will be the last element in the iterator.
 
 ```typescript
 const re = new RRegex("\\W+");
@@ -191,41 +292,47 @@ const fields = re.splitn("Hey! How are you?", 3);
 expect(fields).toEqual(["Hey", "How", "are you?"]);
 ```
 
+[See Documentation for `splitn`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.splitn)
+
 ### `shortestMatch(text: string): number | undefined;`
 
 Returns the end location of a match in the text given.
 
-This method may have the same performance characteristics as `is_match`, except it provides an end location for a match. In particular, the location returned may be shorter than the proper end of the leftmost-first match. ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.shortest_match))
+This method may have the same performance characteristics as `is_match`, except it provides an end location for a match. In particular, the location returned may be shorter than the proper end of the leftmost-first match.
 
 ```typescript
-    const text = 'aaaaa'
-    const pos = new RRegex('a+')
-    expect(pos.shortestMatch(text)).toBe(1)
+const text = "aaaaa";
+const pos = new RRegex("a+");
+expect(pos.shortestMatch(text)).toBe(1);
 ```
 
+[See Documentation for `shortest_match`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.shortest_match)
+
 ### `shortestMatchAt(text: string, limit: number): number | undefined;`
 
-Returns the same as shortest_match, but starts the search at the given offset. ([See Documentation](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.shortest_match_at))
+Returns the same as shortest_match, but starts the search at the given offset.
+
+[See Documentation for `shortest_match_at`](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/struct.Regex.html#method.shortest_match_at)
 
 ## Known Issues
 
 If you call `splitn(text, limit)` and the expected result length is equal to `limit - 1` the result will include an extra item `""`, this behavior does not happen if `limit` es greater. **`fixed at >=1.3`**
 
 ```ts
-  const regex = new RRegex(',')
-  expect(regex.splitn('a,b,c', 0)).toEqual([])
-  expect(regex.splitn('a,b,c', 1)).toEqual(['a,b,c'])
-  expect(regex.splitn('a,b,c', 2)).toEqual(['a', 'b,c'])
-  expect(regex.splitn('a,b,c', 3)).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c'])
-
-  // This result includes an unexpected extra item
-  expect(regex.splitn('a,b,c', 4)).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c', ''])
-  expect(regex.splitn('a,b,c', 5)).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c'])
-
-  expect(regex.splitn('abc', 0)).toEqual([])
-  expect(regex.splitn('abc', 1)).toEqual(['abc'])
-
-  // This result includes an unexpected extra item
-  expect(regex.splitn('abc', 2)).toEqual(['abc', ''])
-  expect(regex.splitn('abc', 3)).toEqual(['abc'])
+const regex = new RRegex(",");
+expect(regex.splitn("a,b,c", 0)).toEqual([]);
+expect(regex.splitn("a,b,c", 1)).toEqual(["a,b,c"]);
+expect(regex.splitn("a,b,c", 2)).toEqual(["a", "b,c"]);
+expect(regex.splitn("a,b,c", 3)).toEqual(["a", "b", "c"]);
+
+// This result includes an unexpected extra item
+expect(regex.splitn("a,b,c", 4)).toEqual(["a", "b", "c", ""]);
+expect(regex.splitn("a,b,c", 5)).toEqual(["a", "b", "c"]);
+
+expect(regex.splitn("abc", 0)).toEqual([]);
+expect(regex.splitn("abc", 1)).toEqual(["abc"]);
+
+// This result includes an unexpected extra item
+expect(regex.splitn("abc", 2)).toEqual(["abc", ""]);
+expect(regex.splitn("abc", 3)).toEqual(["abc"]);
 ```