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Boost.Regex

match_flag_type

Synopsis

The type match_flag_type is an implementation defined bitmask type (17.3.2.1.2) that controls how a regular expression is matched against a character sequence. The behavior of the format flags is descibed in more detail in the format syntax guide.

namespace boost{ namespace regex_constants{

typedef bitmask_type match_flag_type;

static const match_flag_type match_default = 0;
static const match_flag_type match_not_bob;
static const match_flag_type match_not_eob;
static const match_flag_type match_not_bol;
static const match_flag_type match_not_eol;
static const match_flag_type match_not_bow;
static const match_flag_type match_not_eow;
static const match_flag_type match_any;
static const match_flag_type match_not_null;
static const match_flag_type match_continuous;
static const match_flag_type match_partial;
static const match_flag_type match_single_line;
static const match_flag_type match_prev_avail;
static const match_flag_type match_not_dot_newline;
static const match_flag_type match_not_dot_null;

static const match_flag_type format_default = 0;
static const match_flag_type format_sed;
static const match_flag_type format_perl;
static const match_flag_type format_no_copy;
static const match_flag_type format_first_only;
static const match_flag_type format_all;

} // namespace regex_constants
} // namespace boost

Description

The type match_flag_type is an implementation defined bitmask type (17.3.2.1.2). When matching a regular expression against a sequence of characters [first, last) then setting its elements has the effects listed in the table below:

Element	Effect if set
match_default	Specifies that matching of regular expressions proceeds without any modification of the normal rules used in ECMA-262, ECMAScript Language Specification, Chapter 15 part 10, RegExp (Regular Expression) Objects (FWD.1)
match_not_bob	Specifies that the expression "\A" should not match against the sub-sequence [first,first).
match_not_eob	Specifies that the expressions "\z" and "\Z" should not match against the sub-sequence [last,last).
match_not_bol	Specifies that the expression "^" should not be matched against the sub-sequence [first,first).
match_not_eol	Specifies that the expression "$" should not be matched against the sub-sequence [last,last).
match_not_bow	Specifies that the expression "\b" should not be matched against the sub-sequence [first,first).
match_not_eow	Specifies that the expression "\b" should not be matched against the sub-sequence [last,last).
match_any	Specifies that if more than one match is possible then any match is an acceptable result.
match_not_null	Specifies that the expression can not be matched against an empty sequence.
match_continuous	Specifies that the expression must match a sub-sequence that begins at first.
match_partial	Specifies that if no match can be found, then it is acceptable to return a match [from, last) where from!=last, if there exists some sequence of characters [from,to) of which [from,last) is a prefix, and which would result in a full match.
match_extra	Instructs the matching engine to retain all available capture information; if a capturing group is repeated then information about every repeat is available via match_results::captures() or sub_match_captures().
match_single_line	Equivalent to Perl's s/ modifier; prevents ^ from matching after an embedded newline character (so that it only matches at the start of the text being matched), and $ from matching before an embedded newline (so that it only matches at the end of the text being matched).
match_prev_avail	Specifies that `--first` is a valid iterator position, when this flag is set then the flags `match_not_bol` and `match_not_bow` are ignored by the regular expression algorithms (RE.7) and iterators (RE.8).
match_not_dot_newline	Specifies that the expression "." does not match a newline character.
match_not_dot_null	Specified that the expression "." does not match a character null '\0'.
format_default	Specifies that when a regular expression match is to be replaced by a new string, that the new string is constructed using the rules used by the ECMAScript replace function in ECMA-262, ECMAScript Language Specification, Chapter 15 part 5.4.11 String.prototype.replace. (FWD.1). In addition during search and replace operations then all non-overlapping occurrences of the regular expression are located and replaced, and sections of the input that did not match the expression, are copied unchanged to the output string.
format_sed	Specifies that when a regular expression match is to be replaced by a new string, that the new string is constructed using the rules used by the Unix sed utility in IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Portable Operating SystemInterface (POSIX ), Shells and Utilities..
format_perl	Specifies that when a regular expression match is to be replaced by a new string, that the new string is constructed using the same rules as Perl 5.
format_all	Specifies that all syntax extensions are enabled, including conditional (?ddexpression1:expression2) replacements: see the format string guide for more details.
format_no_copy	When specified during a search and replace operation, then sections of the character container sequence being searched that do match the regular expression, are not copied to the output string.
format_first_only	When specified during a search and replace operation, then only the first occurrence of the regular expression is replaced.

Revised 04 Feb 2004

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