#!/usr/bin/env python
# cardinal_pythonlib/regexfunc.py
"""
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**Regular expression support functions.**
"""
from typing import Match, Optional, Pattern
# =============================================================================
# Class to store last match of compiled regex
# =============================================================================
# Based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/597476/how-to-concisely-cascade-through-multiple-regex-statements-in-python # noqa
[docs]class CompiledRegexMemory(object):
"""
Class to store last match of compiled regex.
Once you have called :func:`match` or :func:`search`, the attribute
:attr:`last_match` contains the last match, and ``group(n)`` returns the
*n*\ th group of that last match.
Based on
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/597476/how-to-concisely-cascade-through-multiple-regex-statements-in-python.
""" # noqa
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.last_match = None # type: Optional[Match]
def match(self, compiled_regex: Pattern, text: str) -> Match:
self.last_match = compiled_regex.match(text)
return self.last_match
def search(self, compiled_regex: Pattern, text: str) -> Match:
self.last_match = compiled_regex.search(text)
return self.last_match
def group(self, n: int) -> Optional[str]:
if not self.last_match:
return None
return self.last_match.group(n)