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Module Re_posix

module Re_posix: sig .. end

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Example of how to use this module (to parse some IRC logs):

type msg = {
  time:string;
  author:string;
  content:string;
}

let re = Re.compile (Re_posix.re "([^:].*:[^:]*:[^:]{2})<.([^>]+)> (.+)$")

(* parse a line *)
let match_line line =
  try
    let substrings = Re.exec re line in
    let groups = Re.get_all substrings in
    (* groups can be obtained directly by index within [substrings] *)
    Some {time=groups.(1); author=groups.(2); content=groups.(3)}
  with Not_found ->
    None (* regex didn't match *)

XXX Character classes

exception Parse_error
exception Not_supported

Errors that can be raised during the parsing of the regular expression

type opt = [ `ICase | `Newline | `NoSub ] 
val re : ?opts:opt list -> string -> Re.t

Parsing of a Posix extended regular expression

val compile : Re.t -> Re.re

Regular expression compilation

val compile_pat : ?opts:opt list -> string -> Re.re

compile r is defined as Re.compile (Re.longest r)