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Boost.Regex

John Maddock

Copyright © 1998 -2007 John Maddock

Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

Table of Contents

Configuration

Compiler Setup
Locale and traits class selection
Linkage Options
Algorithm Selection
Algorithm Tuning

Building and Installing the Library

Introduction and Overview

Unicode and Boost.Regex

Understanding Marked Sub-Expressions and Captures

Partial Matches

Regular Expression Syntax

Perl Regular Expression Syntax

POSIX Extended Regular Expression Syntax

POSIX Basic Regular Expression Syntax

Character Class Names

Character Classes that are Always Supported
Character classes that are supported by Unicode Regular Expressions

Collating Names

Digraphs
POSIX Symbolic Names
Named Unicode Characters

The Leftmost Longest Rule

Search and Replace Format String Syntax

Sed Format String Syntax
Perl Format String Syntax
Boost-Extended Format String Syntax

basic_regex

match_results

regex_match

regex_search

regex_replace

regex_iterator

regex_token_iterator

bad_expression

syntax_option_type

syntax_option_type Synopsis
Overview of syntax_option_type
Options for Perl Regular Expressions
Options for POSIX Extended Regular Expressions
Options for POSIX Basic Regular Expressions
Options for Literal Strings

match_flag_type

regex_traits

Interfacing With Non-Standard String Types

Working With Unicode and ICU String Types

Introduction to using Regex with ICU
Unicode regular expression types
Unicode Regular Expression Algorithms
Unicode Aware Regex Iterators

Using Boost Regex With MFC Strings

Introduction to Boost.Regex and MFC Strings
Regex Types Used With MFC Strings
Regular Expression Creation From an MFC String
Overloaded Algorithms For MFC String Types
Iterating Over the Matches Within An MFC String

POSIX Compatible C API's

charT Requirements
Traits Class Requirements
Iterator Requirements

Deprecated Interfaces

regex_format (Deprecated)
regex_grep (Deprecated)
regex_split (deprecated)
High Level Class RegEx (Deprecated)

Background Information

Headers
Localization
Thread Safety
Test and Example Programs
References and Further Information
FAQ
Performance
Standards Conformance
Redistributables
Acknowledgements
History

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