DVerbalExpressions

Regular Expressions made easy

Verbal Expressions is a D module that helps to construct difficult regular expressions.

This D module is based off of the original Javascript Verbal expressions library by jehna.

Examples

Testing if we have a valid URL

// Create the class to test the regular expression
auto e = (new VerEx())
         .searchOneLine()
         .startOfLine()
         .then("http")
         .maybe("s")
         .then("://")
         .maybe("www.")
         .anythingBut(" ")
         .endOfLine();
         
// Use VerEx.test() function to find if it matches.
writefln("Match? %s", e.test("http://www.google.es") ? "yes" : "no");

Compiling

Compiling the module using DMD:

$ dmd verex.d

Compiling your application with this module using DMD:

$ dmd -ofmy_application my_application.d verex.o

You can use varios DMD options to compile in 'debug', 'release' or 'unittest' modes.

Using in your project

Include this module into your project with:

import verex;

API

Terms

• .anything()
• .anythingBut(string value)
• .something()
• .somethingBut(stringvalue)
• .endOfLine()
• .find(string value)
• .maybe(string value)
• .startOfLine()
• .then(string value)

Special characters and groups

• .any(string value)
• .anyOf(string value)
• .br()
• .lineBreak()
• .range(string[] args)
• .tab()
• .word()

Modifiers

• .withAnyCase()
• .searchOneLine()
• .searchGlobal()

Functions

• .replace(string source, string value)
• .test()

Other

• .add( expression )
• .multiple(string value)
• .alt()

Other implementations

You can view all implementations on VerbalExpressions.github.io