#Rust RE2

Bindings for re2 for Rust

#Installing dependencies Requires re2 and cre2.

cd deps && ./install_re2.sh && ./install_cre2.sh && cd ..

#Compiling

cd lib && make && cd ..

#Linking

rustc -L ../path/to/rust-re2/lib my_program.rs

It might be helpful to move the compiled lib to /usr/local/lib and link from there. I should add a make install target.

#Usage

let text = ~"hello world 42!";
let pattern = ~"(world), ([0-9]+)";
let mut matches: ~[~str] = re2::Matches::new(2u32);

re2::easy_match(pattern, text, matches);

matches[0]; // ~"world 42"
matches[1]; // ~"world"
matches[2]; // ~"42"

The u32 passed to re2::Matches::new represents the number of groupings plus one. Matches is always one more than the number of groupings, as matches[0] is always the "full match". The function also returns 0i32 in the case of no match, 1i32 in the case of a match, and 2i32 if the pattern is invalid.

This binding is incomplete, but has the basics working. For more functions, see test/test.rs.

"THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): nick@mozilla.com wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return. Nick Desaulniers