better docs: parseutils

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Thomas T. Jarløv
2019-01-18 14:17:25 +01:00
committed by Miran
parent f11f36e7d5
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@@ -7,9 +7,46 @@
# distribution, for details about the copyright.
#
## This module contains helpers for parsing tokens, numbers, identifiers, etc.
## This module contains helpers for parsing tokens, numbers, integers, floats,
## identifiers, etc.
##
## To unpack raw bytes look at the `streams <streams.html>`_ module.
##
##
## .. code-block::
## import parseutils
##
## let logs = @["2019-01-10: OK_", "2019-01-11: FAIL_", "2019-01: aaaa"]
##
## for log in logs:
## var res: string
## if parseUntil(log, res, ':') == 10: # YYYY-MM-DD == 10
## echo res & " - " & captureBetween(log, ' ', '_')
## # => 2019-01-10 - OK
##
##
## .. code-block::
## import parseutils
## from strutils import Digits, parseInt
##
## let userInput1 = "2019 school start"
## let userInput2 = "3 years back"
##
## let startYear = input1[0..skipWhile(input1, Digits)-1] # 2019
## let yearsBack = input2[0..skipWhile(input2, Digits)-1] # 3
##
## echo "Examination is in " & $(parseInt(startYear) + parseInt(yearsBack))
##
##
## **See also:**
## * `strutils module<strutils.html>`_ for combined and identical parsing proc's
## * `json module<json.html>`_ for a JSON parser
## * `parsecfg module<parsecfg.html>`_ for a configuration file parser
## * `parsecsv module<parsecsv.html>`_ for a simple CSV (comma separated value) parser
## * `parseopt module<parseopt.html>`_ for a command line parser
## * `parsexml module<parsexml.html>`_ for a XML / HTML parser
## * `other parsers<lib.html#pure-libraries-parsers>`_ for other parsers
{.deadCodeElim: on.} # dce option deprecated
@@ -35,21 +72,20 @@ proc parseHex*(s: string, number: var int, start = 0; maxLen = 0): int {.
## proc is sensitive to the already existing value of ``number`` and will
## likely not do what you want unless you make sure ``number`` is zero. You
## can use this feature to *chain* calls, though the result int will quickly
## overflow. Example:
##
## .. code-block:: nim
## var value = 0
## discard parseHex("0x38", value)
## assert value == 56
## discard parseHex("0x34", value)
## assert value == 56 * 256 + 52
## value = -1
## discard parseHex("0x38", value)
## assert value == -200
## overflow.
##
## If ``maxLen == 0`` the length of the hexadecimal number has no upper bound.
## Else no more than ``start + maxLen`` characters are parsed, up to the
## length of the string.
runnableExamples:
var value = 0
discard parseHex("0x38", value)
assert value == 56
discard parseHex("0x34", value)
assert value == 56 * 256 + 52
value = -1
discard parseHex("0x38", value)
assert value == -200
var i = start
var foundDigit = false
# get last index based on minimum `start + maxLen` or `s.len`
@@ -80,6 +116,11 @@ proc parseOct*(s: string, number: var int, start = 0, maxLen = 0): int {.
## If ``maxLen == 0`` the length of the octal number has no upper bound.
## Else no more than ``start + maxLen`` characters are parsed, up to the
## length of the string.
runnableExamples:
var res: int
doAssert parseOct("12", res) == 2
doAssert res == 10
doAssert parseOct("9", res) == 0
var i = start
var foundDigit = false
# get last index based on minimum `start + maxLen` or `s.len`
@@ -103,6 +144,10 @@ proc parseBin*(s: string, number: var int, start = 0, maxLen = 0): int {.
## If ``maxLen == 0`` the length of the binary number has no upper bound.
## Else no more than ``start + maxLen`` characters are parsed, up to the
## length of the string.
runnableExamples:
var res: int
doAssert parseBin("010011100110100101101101", res) == 24
doAssert parseBin("3", res) == 0
var i = start
var foundDigit = false
# get last index based on minimum `start + maxLen` or `s.len`
@@ -119,8 +164,16 @@ proc parseBin*(s: string, number: var int, start = 0, maxLen = 0): int {.
if foundDigit: result = i-start
proc parseIdent*(s: string, ident: var string, start = 0): int =
## parses an identifier and stores it in ``ident``. Returns
## Parses an identifier and stores it in ``ident``. Returns
## the number of the parsed characters or 0 in case of an error.
runnableExamples:
var res: string
doAssert parseIdent("Hello World", res, 0) == 5
doAssert res == "Hello"
doAssert parseIdent("Hello World", res, 1) == 4
doAssert res == "ello"
doAssert parseIdent("Hello World", res, 6) == 5
doAssert res == "World"
var i = start
if i < s.len and s[i] in IdentStartChars:
inc(i)
@@ -129,8 +182,13 @@ proc parseIdent*(s: string, ident: var string, start = 0): int =
result = i-start
proc parseIdent*(s: string, start = 0): string =
## parses an identifier and returns it or an empty string in
## Parses an identifier and returns it or an empty string in
## case of an error.
runnableExamples:
doAssert parseIdent("Hello World", 0) == "Hello"
doAssert parseIdent("Hello World", 1) == "ello"
doAssert parseIdent("Hello World", 5) == ""
doAssert parseIdent("Hello World", 6) == "World"
result = ""
var i = start
if i < s.len and s[i] in IdentStartChars:
@@ -139,20 +197,34 @@ proc parseIdent*(s: string, start = 0): string =
result = substr(s, start, i-1)
proc skipWhitespace*(s: string, start = 0): int {.inline.} =
## skips the whitespace starting at ``s[start]``. Returns the number of
## Skips the whitespace starting at ``s[start]``. Returns the number of
## skipped characters.
runnableExamples:
doAssert skipWhitespace("Hello World", 0) == 0
doAssert skipWhitespace(" Hello World", 0) == 1
doAssert skipWhitespace("Hello World", 5) == 1
doAssert skipWhitespace("Hello World", 5) == 2
while start+result < s.len and s[start+result] in Whitespace: inc(result)
proc skip*(s, token: string, start = 0): int {.inline.} =
## skips the `token` starting at ``s[start]``. Returns the length of `token`
## Skips the `token` starting at ``s[start]``. Returns the length of `token`
## or 0 if there was no `token` at ``s[start]``.
runnableExamples:
doAssert skip("2019-01-22", "2019", 0) == 4
doAssert skip("2019-01-22", "19", 0) == 0
doAssert skip("2019-01-22", "19", 2) == 2
doAssert skip("CAPlow", "CAP", 0) == 3
doAssert skip("CAPlow", "cap", 0) == 0
while start+result < s.len and result < token.len and
s[result+start] == token[result]:
inc(result)
if result != token.len: result = 0
proc skipIgnoreCase*(s, token: string, start = 0): int =
## same as `skip` but case is ignored for token matching.
## Same as `skip` but case is ignored for token matching.
runnableExamples:
doAssert skipIgnoreCase("CAPlow", "CAP", 0) == 3
doAssert skipIgnoreCase("CAPlow", "cap", 0) == 3
while start+result < s.len and result < token.len and
toLower(s[result+start]) == toLower(token[result]): inc(result)
if result != token.len: result = 0
@@ -161,24 +233,45 @@ proc skipUntil*(s: string, until: set[char], start = 0): int {.inline.} =
## Skips all characters until one char from the set `until` is found
## or the end is reached.
## Returns number of characters skipped.
runnableExamples:
doAssert skipUntil("Hello World", {'W', 'e'}, 0) == 1
doAssert skipUntil("Hello World", {'W'}, 0) == 6
doAssert skipUntil("Hello World", {'W', 'd'}, 0) == 6
while start+result < s.len and s[result+start] notin until: inc(result)
proc skipUntil*(s: string, until: char, start = 0): int {.inline.} =
## Skips all characters until the char `until` is found
## or the end is reached.
## Returns number of characters skipped.
runnableExamples:
doAssert skipUntil("Hello World", 'o', 0) == 4
doAssert skipUntil("Hello World", 'o', 4) == 0
doAssert skipUntil("Hello World", 'W', 0) == 6
doAssert skipUntil("Hello World", 'w', 0) == 11
while start+result < s.len and s[result+start] != until: inc(result)
proc skipWhile*(s: string, toSkip: set[char], start = 0): int {.inline.} =
## Skips all characters while one char from the set `token` is found.
## Returns number of characters skipped.
runnableExamples:
doAssert skipWhile("Hello World", {'H', 'e'}) == 2
doAssert skipWhile("Hello World", {'e'}) == 0
doAssert skipWhile("Hello World", {'W', 'o', 'r'}, 6) == 3
while start+result < s.len and s[result+start] in toSkip: inc(result)
proc parseUntil*(s: string, token: var string, until: set[char],
start = 0): int {.inline.} =
## parses a token and stores it in ``token``. Returns
## Parses a token and stores it in ``token``. Returns
## the number of the parsed characters or 0 in case of an error. A token
## consists of the characters notin `until`.
runnableExamples:
var myToken: string
doAssert parseUntil("Hello World", myToken, {'W', 'o', 'r'}) == 4
doAssert myToken == "Hell"
doAssert parseUntil("Hello World", myToken, {'W', 'r'}) == 6
doAssert myToken == "Hello "
doAssert parseUntil("Hello World", myToken, {'W', 'r'}, 3) == 3
doAssert myToken == "lo "
var i = start
while i < s.len and s[i] notin until: inc(i)
result = i-start
@@ -186,9 +279,17 @@ proc parseUntil*(s: string, token: var string, until: set[char],
proc parseUntil*(s: string, token: var string, until: char,
start = 0): int {.inline.} =
## parses a token and stores it in ``token``. Returns
## Parses a token and stores it in ``token``. Returns
## the number of the parsed characters or 0 in case of an error. A token
## consists of any character that is not the `until` character.
runnableExamples:
var myToken: string
doAssert parseUntil("Hello World", myToken, 'W') == 6
doAssert myToken == "Hello "
doAssert parseUntil("Hello World", myToken, 'o') == 4
doAssert myToken == "Hell"
doAssert parseUntil("Hello World", myToken, 'o', 2) == 2
doAssert myToken == "ll"
var i = start
while i < s.len and s[i] != until: inc(i)
result = i-start
@@ -196,9 +297,15 @@ proc parseUntil*(s: string, token: var string, until: char,
proc parseUntil*(s: string, token: var string, until: string,
start = 0): int {.inline.} =
## parses a token and stores it in ``token``. Returns
## Parses a token and stores it in ``token``. Returns
## the number of the parsed characters or 0 in case of an error. A token
## consists of any character that comes before the `until` token.
runnableExamples:
var myToken: string
doAssert parseUntil("Hello World", myToken, "Wor") == 6
doAssert myToken == "Hello "
doAssert parseUntil("Hello World", myToken, "Wor", 2) == 4
doAssert myToken == "llo "
if until.len == 0:
token.setLen(0)
return 0
@@ -215,9 +322,15 @@ proc parseUntil*(s: string, token: var string, until: string,
proc parseWhile*(s: string, token: var string, validChars: set[char],
start = 0): int {.inline.} =
## parses a token and stores it in ``token``. Returns
## Parses a token and stores it in ``token``. Returns
## the number of the parsed characters or 0 in case of an error. A token
## consists of the characters in `validChars`.
runnableExamples:
var myToken: string
doAssert parseWhile("Hello World", myToken, {'W', 'o', 'r'}, 0) == 0
doAssert myToken.len() == 0
doAssert parseWhile("Hello World", myToken, {'W', 'o', 'r'}, 6) == 3
doAssert myToken == "Wor"
var i = start
while i < s.len and s[i] in validChars: inc(i)
result = i-start
@@ -226,6 +339,10 @@ proc parseWhile*(s: string, token: var string, validChars: set[char],
proc captureBetween*(s: string, first: char, second = '\0', start = 0): string =
## Finds the first occurrence of ``first``, then returns everything from there
## up to ``second`` (if ``second`` is '\0', then ``first`` is used).
runnableExamples:
doAssert captureBetween("Hello World", 'e') == "llo World"
doAssert captureBetween("Hello World", 'e', 'r') == "llo Wo"
doAssert captureBetween("Hello World", 'l', start = 6) == "d"
var i = skipUntil(s, first, start)+1+start
result = ""
discard s.parseUntil(result, if second == '\0': first else: second, i)
@@ -260,9 +377,13 @@ proc rawParseInt(s: string, b: var BiggestInt, start = 0): int =
proc parseBiggestInt*(s: string, number: var BiggestInt, start = 0): int {.
rtl, extern: "npuParseBiggestInt", noSideEffect, raises: [ValueError].} =
## parses an integer starting at `start` and stores the value into `number`.
## Parses an integer starting at `start` and stores the value into `number`.
## Result is the number of processed chars or 0 if there is no integer.
## `ValueError` is raised if the parsed integer is out of the valid range.
runnableExamples:
var res: BiggestInt
doAssert parseBiggestInt("9223372036854775807", res, 0) == 19
doAssert res == 9223372036854775807
var res: BiggestInt
# use 'res' for exception safety (don't write to 'number' in case of an
# overflow exception):
@@ -272,9 +393,15 @@ proc parseBiggestInt*(s: string, number: var BiggestInt, start = 0): int {.
proc parseInt*(s: string, number: var int, start = 0): int {.
rtl, extern: "npuParseInt", noSideEffect, raises: [ValueError].} =
## parses an integer starting at `start` and stores the value into `number`.
## Parses an integer starting at `start` and stores the value into `number`.
## Result is the number of processed chars or 0 if there is no integer.
## `ValueError` is raised if the parsed integer is out of the valid range.
runnableExamples:
var res: int
doAssert parseInt("2019", res, 0) == 4
doAssert res == 2019
doAssert parseInt("2019", res, 2) == 2
doAssert res == 19
var res: BiggestInt
result = parseBiggestInt(s, res, start)
when sizeof(int) <= 4:
@@ -285,16 +412,14 @@ proc parseInt*(s: string, number: var int, start = 0): int {.
proc parseSaturatedNatural*(s: string, b: var int, start = 0): int {.
raises: [].}=
## parses a natural number into ``b``. This cannot raise an overflow
## Parses a natural number into ``b``. This cannot raise an overflow
## error. ``high(int)`` is returned for an overflow.
## The number of processed character is returned.
## This is usually what you really want to use instead of `parseInt`:idx:.
## Example:
##
## .. code-block:: nim
## var res = 0
## discard parseSaturatedNatural("848", res)
## doAssert res == 848
runnableExamples:
var res = 0
discard parseSaturatedNatural("848", res)
doAssert res == 848
var i = start
if i < s.len and s[i] == '+': inc(i)
if i < s.len and s[i] in {'0'..'9'}:
@@ -331,9 +456,15 @@ proc rawParseUInt(s: string, b: var BiggestUInt, start = 0): int =
proc parseBiggestUInt*(s: string, number: var BiggestUInt, start = 0): int {.
rtl, extern: "npuParseBiggestUInt", noSideEffect, raises: [ValueError].} =
## parses an unsigned integer starting at `start` and stores the value
## Parses an unsigned integer starting at `start` and stores the value
## into `number`.
## `ValueError` is raised if the parsed integer is out of the valid range.
runnableExamples:
var res: BiggestUInt
doAssert parseBiggestUInt("12", res, 0) == 2
doAssert res == 12
doAssert parseBiggestUInt("1111111111111111111", res, 0) == 19
doAssert res == 1111111111111111111'u64
var res: BiggestUInt
# use 'res' for exception safety (don't write to 'number' in case of an
# overflow exception):
@@ -343,9 +474,15 @@ proc parseBiggestUInt*(s: string, number: var BiggestUInt, start = 0): int {.
proc parseUInt*(s: string, number: var uint, start = 0): int {.
rtl, extern: "npuParseUInt", noSideEffect, raises: [ValueError].} =
## parses an unsigned integer starting at `start` and stores the value
## Parses an unsigned integer starting at `start` and stores the value
## into `number`.
## `ValueError` is raised if the parsed integer is out of the valid range.
runnableExamples:
var res: uint
doAssert parseUInt("3450", res) == 4
doAssert res == 3450
doAssert parseUInt("3450", res, 2) == 2
doAssert res == 50
var res: BiggestUInt
result = parseBiggestUInt(s, res, start)
when sizeof(BiggestUInt) > sizeof(uint) and sizeof(uint) <= 4:
@@ -356,22 +493,30 @@ proc parseUInt*(s: string, number: var uint, start = 0): int {.
proc parseBiggestFloat*(s: string, number: var BiggestFloat, start = 0): int {.
magic: "ParseBiggestFloat", importc: "nimParseBiggestFloat", noSideEffect.}
## parses a float starting at `start` and stores the value into `number`.
## Parses a float starting at `start` and stores the value into `number`.
## Result is the number of processed chars or 0 if a parsing error
## occurred.
proc parseFloat*(s: string, number: var float, start = 0): int {.
rtl, extern: "npuParseFloat", noSideEffect.} =
## parses a float starting at `start` and stores the value into `number`.
## Parses a float starting at `start` and stores the value into `number`.
## Result is the number of processed chars or 0 if there occurred a parsing
## error.
runnableExamples:
var res: float
doAssert parseFloat("32", res, 0) == 2
doAssert res == 32.0
doAssert parseFloat("32.57", res, 0) == 5
doAssert res == 32.57
doAssert parseFloat("32.57", res, 3) == 2
doAssert res == 57.00
var bf: BiggestFloat
result = parseBiggestFloat(s, bf, start)
if result != 0:
number = bf
type
InterpolatedKind* = enum ## describes for `interpolatedFragments`
InterpolatedKind* = enum ## Describes for `interpolatedFragments`
## which part of the interpolated string is
## yielded; for example in "str$$$var${expr}"
ikStr, ## ``str`` part of the interpolated string