原文:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_64_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/captures.html
Captures其实是指一系列符合某个子表达式(Sub-Expressions)的匹配结果,因为每一个子表达式可能会匹配多个结果。
在Boost.Regex中,当调用匹配相关算法(regex_search,regex_match或者regex_iterator)时,就会将以上的这些结果保存到match_results的对象中,比如
在Boost.Regex,每一次匹配结果都被表示为一个sub_match对象,其实就是一系列迭代器,用来存储匹配内容的位置,但是这个sub_match对象上有一些重载方法让这个对象操作起来更像std::basic_string对象,比如比较字符串、字符串添加、输入输出流等。
Captures其实是指一系列符合某个子表达式(Sub-Expressions)的匹配结果,因为每一个子表达式可能会匹配多个结果。
Marked sub-expressions
在Perl正则表示中使用括号括起来的部分就叫做子表达式Sub-Expression
(\w+)\W+(\w+)
在这句表达式中,有两个子表达式称为$1、$2,并且整个匹配表示称为$&,所有在匹配前的内容称为$`,所有在匹配后的内容称为$'。所以上面的表示去匹配"@abc def--",就会获得如下结果:
Sub-expression | Text found |
---|---|
$` | "@" |
$& | "abc def" |
$1 | "abc" |
$2 | "def" |
$' | "--" |
在Boost.Regex中,当调用匹配相关算法(regex_search,regex_match或者regex_iterator)时,就会将以上的这些结果保存到match_results的对象中,比如
boost::match_results<IteratorType> m;
那么在Perl和Boost.Regex中就相当于
Perl | Boost.Regex |
---|---|
$` | m.prefex() |
$& | m[0] |
$n | m[n] |
$' | m.suffix() |
在Boost.Regex,每一次匹配结果都被表示为一个sub_match对象,其实就是一系列迭代器,用来存储匹配内容的位置,但是这个sub_match对象上有一些重载方法让这个对象操作起来更像std::basic_string对象,比如比较字符串、字符串添加、输入输出流等。
Unmatched Sub-Expressions
当一个正则表达式匹配完成,且并非所有的子表达式都被匹配完成,如(abc)|(def)
是可以匹配$1或$2两者之一,但却无法同时匹配两者。在Boost.Regex,可以通过成员对象sub_match::matched来确定哪一个子表达式被匹配了。
Repeated Captures
当某个表达式被多次匹配,通常只有最后一次匹配的内容被保留,如(?:(\w+)\W+)+
来匹配
one fine day
那么$1只会包含day,所有之前的匹配会被forgotten掉。
然而Boost.Regex目前有一种实验性的特性,可以获得所有匹配结果,就是通过match_results::captures和sub_match::captures这两个方法,下面是演示程序:
#include <boost/regex.hpp>
#include <iostream>
void print_captures(const std::string& regx, const std::string& text)
{
boost::regex e(regx);
boost::smatch what;
std::cout << "Expression: \"" << regx << "\"\n";
std::cout << "Text: \"" << text << "\"\n";
if(boost::regex_match(text, what, e, boost::match_extra))
{
unsigned i, j;
std::cout << "** Match found **\n Sub-Expressions:\n";
for(i = 0; i < what.size(); ++i)
std::cout << " $" << i << " = \"" << what[i] << "\"\n";
std::cout << " Captures:\n";
for(i = 0; i < what.size(); ++i)
{
std::cout << " $" << i << " = {";
for(j = 0; j < what.captures(i).size(); ++j)
{
if(j)
std::cout << ", ";
else
std::cout << " ";
std::cout << "\"" << what.captures(i)[j] << "\"";
}
std::cout << " }\n";
}
}
else
{
std::cout << "** No Match found **\n";
}
}
int main(int , char* [])
{
print_captures("(([[:lower:]]+)|([[:upper:]]+))+", "aBBcccDDDDDeeeeeeee");
print_captures("(.*)bar|(.*)bah", "abcbar");
print_captures("(.*)bar|(.*)bah", "abcbah");
print_captures("^(?:(\\w+)|(?>\\W+))*$",
"now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party");
return 0;
}
会收到如下输出:
Expression: "(([[:lower:]]+)|([[:upper:]]+))+"
Text: "aBBcccDDDDDeeeeeeee"
** Match found **
Sub-Expressions:
$0 = "aBBcccDDDDDeeeeeeee"
$1 = "eeeeeeee"
$2 = "eeeeeeee"
$3 = "DDDDD"
Captures:
$0 = { "aBBcccDDDDDeeeeeeee" }
$1 = { "a", "BB", "ccc", "DDDDD", "eeeeeeee" }
$2 = { "a", "ccc", "eeeeeeee" }
$3 = { "BB", "DDDDD" }
Expression: "(.*)bar|(.*)bah"
Text: "abcbar"
** Match found **
Sub-Expressions:
$0 = "abcbar"
$1 = "abc"
$2 = ""
Captures:
$0 = { "abcbar" }
$1 = { "abc" }
$2 = { }
Expression: "(.*)bar|(.*)bah"
Text: "abcbah"
** Match found **
Sub-Expressions:
$0 = "abcbah"
$1 = ""
$2 = "abc"
Captures:
$0 = { "abcbah" }
$1 = { }
$2 = { "abc" }
Expression: "^(?:(\w+)|(?>\W+))*$"
Text: "now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party"
** Match found **
Sub-Expressions:
$0 = "now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party"
$1 = "party"
Captures:
$0 = { "now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" }
$1 = { "now", "is", "the", "time", "for", "all", "good", "men", "to",
"come", "to", "the", "aid", "of", "the", "party" }
这里要注意,使用这种特性是以性能为代价的,只要打开这种特性,即使不使用多匹配结果,也会付出性能代价,开启方式如下:
- 定义BOOST_REGEX_MATCH_EXTRA,建议定义在boost/regex/user.hpp,然后重新编译工程
- 在相关匹配算法函数(regex_search,regex_match,或者regex_iterator)调用时,设置match_extra参数