On 16 July 2013 20:48, python-list-requ...@python.org wrote:
From: Anders J. Munch 2...@jmunch.dk
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:38:35 +0200
Ben Last wrote:
north_american_number_re = (RE().start
.literal('(').followed_by.**exactly(3).digits.then.**literal(')')
Ben Last b...@benlast.com writes:
Good points. I wanted to find a syntax that allows comments as well as
being fluent:
RE()
.any_number_of.digits # Recall that any_number_of includes zero
.followed_by.an_optional.dot.then.at_least_one.digit # The dot is
specifically optional
# but we must
In article mailman.4772.1373978931.3114.python-l...@python.org,
Anders J. Munch 2...@jmunch.dk wrote:
The problem with Perl-style regexp notation isn't so much that it's terse -
it's
that the syntax is irregular (sic) and doesn't follow modern principles for
lexical structure in computer
Ben Last wrote:
north_american_number_re = (RE().start
.literal('(').followed_by.__exactly(3).digits.then.__literal(')')
.then.one.literal(-).then.__exactly(3).digits
.then.one.dash.followed_by.__exactly(4).digits.then.end
On 15 July 2013 23:21, Ben Last benl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all
I'd be interested in comments on a fluent regular expression generator I've
been playing with (inspired by the frustrations of a friend of mine who's
learning).
The general use case is to be able to construct RE strings such
Ben Last wrote:
north_american_number_re = (RE().start
.literal('(').followed_by.exactly(3).digits.then.literal(')')
.then.one.literal(-).then.exactly(3).digits
.then.one.dash.followed_by.exactly(4).digits.then.end
