// Scintilla source code edit control /** @file RESearch.cxx ** Regular expression search library. **/ /* * regex - Regular expression pattern matching and replacement * * By: Ozan S. Yigit (oz) * Dept. of Computer Science * York University * * Original code available from http://www.cs.yorku.ca/~oz/ * Translation to C++ by Neil Hodgson neilh@scintilla.org * Removed all use of register. * Converted to modern function prototypes. * Put all global/static variables into an object so this code can be * used from multiple threads etc. * * These routines are the PUBLIC DOMAIN equivalents of regex * routines as found in 4.nBSD UN*X, with minor extensions. * * These routines are derived from various implementations found * in software tools books, and Conroy's grep. They are NOT derived * from licensed/restricted software. * For more interesting/academic/complicated implementations, * see Henry Spencer's regexp routines, or GNU Emacs pattern * matching module. * * Modification history: * * $Log$ * Revision 1.10 2003/08/26 11:45:22 nyamatongwe * Fixed bug that ignored high bit of characters in comparisons. * * Revision 1.9 2003/03/21 10:36:08 nyamatongwe * Detect patterns too long in regular expression search. * * Revision 1.8 2003/03/04 10:53:59 nyamatongwe * Patch from Jakub to optionally implement more POSIX compatible regular * expressions. \(..\) changes to (..) * Fixes problem where find previous would not find earlier matches on same * line. * * Revision 1.8 2003/03/03 20:12:56 vrana * Added posix syntax. * * Revision 1.7 2002/09/28 00:33:28 nyamatongwe * Fixed problem with character ranges caused by expansion to 8 bits. * * Revision 1.6 2001/04/29 13:32:10 nyamatongwe * Addition of new target methods - versions of ReplaceTarget that take counted * strings to allow for nulls, SearchInTarget and Get/SetSearchFlags to use a * series of calls rather than a structure. * Handling of \000 in search and replace. * Handling of /escapes within character ranges of regular expressions. * Some handling of bare ^ and $ regular expressions. * * Revision 1.5 2001/04/20 07:36:09 nyamatongwe * Removed DEBUG code that failed to compile on GTK+. * * Revision 1.4 2001/04/13 03:52:13 nyamatongwe * Added URL to find original code to comments. * * Revision 1.3 2001/04/06 12:24:21 nyamatongwe * Made regular expression searching work on a line by line basis, made ^ and * $ work, made [set] work, and added a case insensitive option. * * Revision 1.2 2001/04/05 01:58:04 nyamatongwe * Replace target functionality to make find and replace operations faster * by diminishing screen updates and allow for \d patterns in the replacement * text. * * Revision 1.1 2001/04/04 12:52:44 nyamatongwe * Moved to public domain regular expresion implementation. * * Revision 1.4 1991/10/17 03:56:42 oz * miscellaneous changes, small cleanups etc. * * Revision 1.3 1989/04/01 14:18:09 oz * Change all references to a dfa: this is actually an nfa. * * Revision 1.2 88/08/28 15:36:04 oz * Use a complement bitmap to represent NCL. * This removes the need to have seperate * code in the PMatch case block - it is * just CCL code now. * * Use the actual CCL code in the CLO * section of PMatch. No need for a recursive * PMatch call. * * Use a bitmap table to set char bits in an * 8-bit chunk. * * Interfaces: * RESearch::Compile: compile a regular expression into a NFA. * * char *RESearch::Compile(s) * char *s; * * RESearch::Execute: execute the NFA to match a pattern. * * int RESearch::Execute(s) * char *s; * * RESearch::ModifyWord change RESearch::Execute's understanding of what a "word" * looks like (for \< and \>) by adding into the * hidden word-syntax table. * * void RESearch::ModifyWord(s) * char *s; * * RESearch::Substitute: substitute the matched portions in a new string. * * int RESearch::Substitute(src, dst) * char *src; * char *dst; * * re_fail: failure routine for RESearch::Execute. * * void re_fail(msg, op) * char *msg; * char op; * * Regular Expressions: * * [1] char matches itself, unless it is a special * character (metachar): . \ [ ] * + ^ $ * * [2] . matches any character. * * [3] \ matches the character following it, except * when followed by a left or right round bracket, * a digit 1 to 9 or a left or right angle bracket. * (see [7], [8] and [9]) * It is used as an escape character for all * other meta-characters, and itself. When used * in a set ([4]), it is treated as an ordinary * character. * * [4] [set] matches one of the characters in the set. * If the first character in the set is "^", * it matches a character NOT in the set, i.e. * complements the set. A shorthand S-E is * used to specify a set of characters S upto * E, inclusive. The special characters "]" and * "-" have no special meaning if they appear * as the first chars in the set. * examples: match: * * [a-z] any lowercase alpha * * [^]-] any char except ] and - * * [^A-Z] any char except uppercase * alpha * * [a-zA-Z] any alpha * * [5] * any regular expression form [1] to [4], followed by * closure char (*) matches zero or more matches of * that form. * * [6] + same as [5], except it matches one or more. * * [7] a regular expression in the form [1] to [10], enclosed * as \(form\) matches what form matches. The enclosure * creates a set of tags, used for [8] and for * pattern substution. The tagged forms are numbered * starting from 1. * * [8] a \ followed by a digit 1 to 9 matches whatever a * previously tagged regular expression ([7]) matched. * * [9] \< a regular expression starting with a \< construct * \> and/or ending with a \> construct, restricts the * pattern matching to the beginning of a word, and/or * the end of a word. A word is defined to be a character * string beginning and/or ending with the characters * A-Z a-z 0-9 and _. It must also be preceded and/or * followed by any character outside those mentioned. * * [10] a composite regular expression xy where x and y * are in the form [1] to [10] matches the longest * match of x followed by a match for y. * * [11] ^ a regular expression starting with a ^ character * $ and/or ending with a $ character, restricts the * pattern matching to the beginning of the line, * or the end of line. [anchors] Elsewhere in the * pattern, ^ and $ are treated as ordinary characters. * * * Acknowledgements: * * HCR's Hugh Redelmeier has been most helpful in various * stages of development. He convinced me to include BOW * and EOW constructs, originally invented by Rob Pike at * the University of Toronto. * * References: * Software tools Kernighan & Plauger * Software tools in Pascal Kernighan & Plauger * Grep [rsx-11 C dist] David Conroy * ed - text editor Un*x Programmer's Manual * Advanced editing on Un*x B. W. Kernighan * RegExp routines Henry Spencer * * Notes: * * This implementation uses a bit-set representation for character * classes for speed and compactness. Each character is represented * by one bit in a 128-bit block. Thus, CCL always takes a * constant 16 bytes in the internal nfa, and RESearch::Execute does a single * bit comparison to locate the character in the set. * * Examples: * * pattern: foo*.* * compile: CHR f CHR o CLO CHR HTTP/1.1 200 OK Connection: keep-alive Connection: keep-alive Content-Disposition: inline; filename="RESearch.cxx" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="RESearch.cxx" Content-Length: 22733 Content-Length: 22733 Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none' Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none' Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:39:01 UTC ETag: "fcb9dedeadea2ca01a1798e154f86d124d068a01" ETag: "fcb9dedeadea2ca01a1798e154f86d124d068a01" Expires: Fri, 04 Jan 2036 10:39:01 GMT Expires: Fri, 04 Jan 2036 10:39:01 GMT Last-Modified: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:39:01 GMT Last-Modified: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:39:01 GMT Server: OpenBSD httpd Server: OpenBSD httpd X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff // Scintilla source code edit control /** @file RESearch.cxx ** Regular expression search library. **/ /* * regex - Regular expression pattern matching and replacement * * By: Ozan S. Yigit (oz) * Dept. of Computer Science * York University * * Original code available from http://www.cs.yorku.ca/~oz/ * Translation to C++ by Neil Hodgson neilh@scintilla.org * Removed all use of register. * Converted to modern function prototypes. * Put all global/static variables into an object so this code can be * used from multiple threads etc. * * These routines are the PUBLIC DOMAIN equivalents of regex * routines as found in 4.nBSD UN*X, with minor extensions. * * These routines are derived from various implementations found * in software tools books, and Conroy's grep. They are NOT derived * from licensed/restricted software. * For more interesting/academic/complicated implementations, * see Henry Spencer's regexp routines, or GNU Emacs pattern * matching module. * * Modification history: * * $Log$ * Revision 1.10 2003/08/26 11:45:22 nyamatongwe * Fixed bug that ignored high bit of characters in comparisons. * * Revision 1.9 2003/03/21 10:36:08 nyamatongwe * Detect patterns too long in regular expression search. * * Revision 1.8 2003/03/04 10:53:59 nyamatongwe * Patch from Jakub to optionally implement more POSIX compatible regular * expressions. \(..\) changes to (..) * Fixes problem where find previous would not find earlier matches on same * line. * * Revision 1.8 2003/03/03 20:12:56 vrana * Added posix syntax. * * Revision 1.7 2002/09/28 00:33:28 nyamatongwe * Fixed problem with character ranges caused by expansion to 8 bits. * * Revision 1.6 2001/04/29 13:32:10 nyamatongwe * Addition of new target methods - versions of ReplaceTarget that take counted * strings to allow for nulls, SearchInTarget and Get/SetSearchFlags to use a * series of calls rather than a structure. * Handling of \000 in search and replace. * Handling of /escapes within character ranges of regular expressions. * Some handling of bare ^ and $ regular expressions. * * Revision 1.5 2001/04/20 07:36:09 nyamatongwe * Removed DEBUG code that failed to compile on GTK+. * * Revision 1.4 2001/04/13 03:52:13 nyamatongwe * Added URL to find original code to comments. * * Revision 1.3 2001/04/06 12:24:21 nyamatongwe * Made regular expression searching work on a line by line basis, made ^ and * $ work, made [set] work, and added a case insensitive option. * * Revision 1.2 2001/04/05 01:58:04 nyamatongwe * Replace target functionality to make find and replace operations faster * by diminishing screen updates and allow for \d patterns in the replacement * text. * * Revision 1.1 2001/04/04 12:52:44 nyamatongwe * Moved to public domain regular expresion implementation. * * Revision 1.4 1991/10/17 03:56:42 oz * miscellaneous changes, small cleanups etc. * * Revision 1.3 1989/04/01 14:18:09 oz * Change all references to a dfa: this is actually an nfa. * * Revision 1.2 88/08/28 15:36:04 oz * Use a complement bitmap to represent NCL. * This removes the need to have seperate * code in the PMatch case block - it is * just CCL code now. * * Use the actual CCL code in the CLO * section of PMatch. No need for a recursive * PMatch call. * * Use a bitmap table to set char bits in an * 8-bit chunk. * * Interfaces: * RESearch::Compile: compile a regular expression into a NFA. * * char *RESearch::Compile(s) * char *s; * * RESearch::Execute: execute the NFA to match a pattern. * * int RESearch::Execute(s) * char *s; * * RESearch::ModifyWord change RESearch::Execute's understanding of what a "word" * looks like (for \< and \>) by adding into the * hidden word-syntax table. * * void RESearch::ModifyWord(s) * char *s; * * RESearch::Substitute: substitute the matched portions in a new string. * * int RESearch::Substitute(src, dst) * char *src; * char *dst; * * re_fail: failure routine for RESearch::Execute. * * void re_fail(msg, op) * char *msg; * char op; * * Regular Expressions: * * [1] char matches itself, unless it is a special * character (metachar): . \ [ ] * + ^ $ * * [2] . matches any character. * * [3] \ matches the character following it, except * when followed by a left or right round bracket, * a digit 1 to 9 or a left or right angle bracket. * (see [7], [8] and [9]) * It is used as an escape character for all * other meta-characters, and itself. When used * in a set ([4]), it is treated as an ordinary * character. * * [4] [set] matches one of the characters in the set. * If the first character in the set is "^", * it matches a character NOT in the set, i.e. * complements the set. A shorthand S-E is * used to specify a set of characters S upto * E, inclusive. The special characters "]" and * "-" have no special meaning if they appear * as the first chars in the set. * examples: match: * * [a-z] any lowercase alpha * * [^]-] any char except ] and - * * [^A-Z] any char except uppercase * alpha * * [a-zA-Z] any alpha * * [5] * any regular expression form [1] to [4], followed by * closure char (*) matches zero or more matches of * that form. * * [6] + same as [5], except it matches one or more. * * [7] a regular expression in the form [1] to [10], enclosed * as \(form\) matches what form matches. The enclosure * creates a set of tags, used for [8] and for * pattern substution. The tagged forms are numbered * starting from 1. * * [8] a \ followed by a digit 1 to 9 matches whatever a * previously tagged regular expression ([7]) matched. * * [9] \< a regular expression starting with a \< construct * \> and/or ending with a \> construct, restricts the * pattern matching to the beginning of a word, and/or * the end of a word. A word is defined to be a character * string beginning and/or ending with the characters * A-Z a-z 0-9 and _. It must also be preceded and/or * followed by any character outside those mentioned. * * [10] a composite regular expression xy where x and y * are in the form [1] to [10] matches the longest * match of x followed by a match for y. * * [11] ^ a regular expression starting with a ^ character * $ and/or ending with a $ character, restricts the * pattern matching to the beginning of the line, * or the end of line. [anchors] Elsewhere in the * pattern, ^ and $ are treated as ordinary characters. * * * Acknowledgements: * * HCR's Hugh Redelmeier has been most helpful in various * stages of development. He convinced me to include BOW * and EOW constructs, originally invented by Rob Pike at * the University of Toronto. * * References: * Software tools Kernighan & Plauger * Software tools in Pascal Kernighan & Plauger * Grep [rsx-11 C dist] David Conroy * ed - text editor Un*x Programmer's Manual * Advanced editing on Un*x B. W. Kernighan * RegExp routines Henry Spencer * * Notes: * * This implementation uses a bit-set representation for character * classes for speed and compactness. Each character is represented * by one bit in a 128-bit block. Thus, CCL always takes a * constant 16 bytes in the internal nfa, and RESearch::Execute does a single * bit comparison to locate the character in the set. * * Examples: * * pattern: foo*.* * compile: CHR f CHR o CLO CHR o END CLO ANY END END * matches: fo foo fooo foobar fobar foxx ... * * pattern: fo[ob]a[rz] * compile: CHR f CHR o CCL bitset CHR a CCL bitset END * matches: fobar fooar fobaz fooaz * * pattern: foo\\+ * compile: CHR f CHR o CHR o CHR \ CLO CHR \ END END * matches: foo\ foo\\ foo\\\ ... * * pattern: \(foo\)[1-3]\1 (same as foo[1-3]foo) * compile: BOT 1 CHR f CHR o CHR o EOT 1 CCL bitset REF 1 END * matches: foo1foo foo2foo foo3foo * * pattern: \(fo.*\)-\1 * compile: BOT 1 CHR f CHR o CLO ANY END EOT 1 CHR - REF 1 END * matches: foo-foo fo-fo fob-fob foobar-foobar ... */ #include "RESearch.h" #define OKP 1 #define NOP 0 #define CHR 1 #define ANY 2 #define CCL 3 #define BOL 4 #define EOL 5 #define BOT 6 #define EOT 7 #define BOW 8 #define EOW 9 #define REF 10 #define CLO 11 #define END 0 /* * The following defines are not meant to be changeable. * They are for readability only. */ #define BLKIND 0370 #define BITIND 07 #define ASCIIB 0177 const char bitarr[] = {1,2,4,8,16,32,64,'\200'}; #define badpat(x) (*nfa = END, x) RESearch::RESearch() { Init(); } RESearch::~RESearch() { Clear(); } void RESearch::Init() { sta = NOP; /* status of lastpat */ bol = 0; for (int i=0; i> 3] |= bitarr[(c) & BITIND]; } void RESearch::ChSetWithCase(char c, bool caseSensitive) { if (caseSensitive) { ChSet(c); } else { if ((c >= 'a') && (c <= 'z')) { ChSet(c); ChSet(static_cast(c - 'a' + 'A')); } else if ((c >= 'A') && (c <= 'Z')) { ChSet(c); ChSet(static_cast(c - 'A' + 'a')); } else { ChSet(c); } } } const char escapeValue(char ch) { switch (ch) { case 'a': return '\a'; case 'b': return '\b'; case 'f': return '\f'; case 'n': return '\n'; case 'r': return '\r'; case 't': return '\t'; case 'v': return '\v'; } return 0; } const char *RESearch::Compile(const char *pat, int length, bool caseSensitive, bool posix) { char *mp=nfa; /* nfa pointer */ char *lp; /* saved pointer.. */ char *sp=nfa; /* another one.. */ char *mpMax = mp + MAXNFA - BITBLK - 10; int tagi = 0; /* tag stack index */ int tagc = 1; /* actual tag count */ int n; char mask; /* xor mask -CCL/NCL */ int c1, c2; if (!pat || !length) if (sta) return 0; else return badpat("No previous regular expression"); sta = NOP; const char *p=pat; /* pattern pointer */ for (int i=0; i mpMax) return badpat("Pattern too long"); lp = mp; switch(*p) { case '.': /* match any char.. */ *mp++ = ANY; break; case '^': /* match beginning.. */ if (p == pat) *mp++ = BOL; else { *mp++ = CHR; *mp++ = *p; } break; case '$': /* match endofline.. */ if (!*(p+1)) *mp++ = EOL; else { *mp++ = CHR; *mp++ = *p; } break; case '[': /* match char class..*/ *mp++ = CCL; i++; if (*++p == '^') { mask = '\377'; i++; p++; } else mask = 0; if (*p == '-') { /* real dash */ i++; ChSet(*p++); } if (*p == ']') { /* real brace */ i++; ChSet(*p++); } while (*p && *p != ']') { if (*p == '-' && *(p+1) && *(p+1) != ']') { i++; p++; c1 = *(p-2) + 1; i++; c2 = *p++; while (c1 <= c2) { ChSetWithCase(static_cast(c1++), caseSensitive); } } else if (*p == '\\' && *(p+1)) { i++; p++; char escape = escapeValue(*p); if (escape) ChSetWithCase(escape, caseSensitive); else ChSetWithCase(*p, caseSensitive); i++; p++; } else { i++; ChSetWithCase(*p++, caseSensitive); } } if (!*p) return badpat("Missing ]"); for (n = 0; n < BITBLK; bittab[n++] = (char) 0) *mp++ = static_cast(mask ^ bittab[n]); break; case '*': /* match 0 or more.. */ case '+': /* match 1 or more.. */ if (p == pat) return badpat("Empty closure"); lp = sp; /* previous opcode */ if (*lp == CLO) /* equivalence.. */ break; switch(*lp) { case BOL: case BOT: case EOT: case BOW: case EOW: case REF: return badpat("Illegal closure"); default: break; } if (*p == '+') for (sp = mp; lp < sp; lp++) *mp++ = *lp; *mp++ = END; *mp++ = END; sp = mp; while (--mp > lp) *mp = mp[-1]; *mp = CLO; mp = sp; break; case '\\': /* tags, backrefs .. */ i++; switch(*++p) { case '<': *mp++ = BOW; break; case '>': if (*sp == BOW) return badpat("Null pattern inside \\<\\>"); *mp++ = EOW; break; case '1': case '2': case