Am 24.05.13 14:58, schrieb Malte Forkel:
Finding out why a regular expression does not match a given string can
very tedious. I would like to write a utility that identifies the
sub-expression causing the non-match.
Try
http://laurent.riesterer.free.fr/regexp/
it shows the subexpressi
On May 24, 5:58 pm, Malte Forkel wrote:
> Finding out why a regular expression does not match a given string can
> very tedious. I would like to write a utility that identifies the
> sub-expression causing the non-match. My idea is to use a parser to
> create a tree representing the complete regul
On 2013-05-24, Roy Smith wrote:
> Of course, most of Python user community are wimps and shy away
> from big hairy regexes [ducking and running].
I prefer the simple, lumbering regular expressions like those in
the original Night of the Regular Expressions. The fast, powerful
ones from programs l
In article ,
Devin Jeanpierre wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Malte Forkel wrote:
> > As a first step, I am looking for a parser for Python regular
> > expressions, or a Python regex grammar to create a parser from.
>
> the sre_parse module is undocumented, but very usable.
>
> > Bu
In article ,
Malte Forkel wrote:
> Finding out why a regular expression does not match a given string can
> very tedious. I would like to write a utility that identifies the
> sub-expression causing the non-match. My idea is to use a parser to
> create a tree representing the complete regular ex
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Malte Forkel wrote:
> As a first step, I am looking for a parser for Python regular
> expressions, or a Python regex grammar to create a parser from.
the sre_parse module is undocumented, but very usable.
> But may be my idea is flawed? Or a similar (or better) t
Finding out why a regular expression does not match a given string can
very tedious. I would like to write a utility that identifies the
sub-expression causing the non-match. My idea is to use a parser to
create a tree representing the complete regular expression. Then I could
simplify the expressi
