VegOwOtenks@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days agoRegex flavorslemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down117
arrow-up1384arrow-down1imageRegex flavorslemmy.worldVegOwOtenks@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 days agoCan you actually name capture groups, or this means how you can refer to them by number?
minus-squareVegOwOtenks@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·11 days agoYou can use backreferences \1 \2 etc. but you can also give them names explicitly. it looks like this: (?<name>inner-regex) Some flavors support it, kotlins doesn’t apparently.
minus-squaremormund@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoIn modern languages you can name them with labels as well yes. Not sure about the syntax right now. Something like (?label:…) I think
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 days agoIt’s (?<NAME>...) and those are the named capture groups referred to in the post.
Can you actually name capture groups, or this means how you can refer to them by number?
You can use backreferences
\1 \2
etc. but you can also give them names explicitly.it looks like this:
(?<name>inner-regex)
Some flavors support it, kotlins doesn’t apparently.
TIL thanks!
In modern languages you can name them with labels as well yes. Not sure about the syntax right now. Something like (?label:…) I think
It’s
(?<NAME>...)
and those are the named capture groups referred to in the post.