[Gd-chatter] r11500 - in trunk/libraries: regular-expressions regular-expressions/tests strings
cgay at gwydiondylan.org
cgay at gwydiondylan.org
Sun Nov 25 23:27:29 CET 2007
Author: cgay
Date: Sun Nov 25 23:27:28 2007
New Revision: 11500
Added:
trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/pcre-testoutput1.txt (contents, props changed)
Modified:
trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/od-library.dylan
trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/parse.dylan
trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/regex.dylan
trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/library.dylan
trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/new-api-test-suite.dylan
trunk/libraries/strings/strings.dylan
Log:
Job: 7357
Added test suite based on PCRE test output file "testoutput1".
Fixed a couple of minor bugs in regexp module.
Modified: trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/od-library.dylan
==============================================================================
--- trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/od-library.dylan (original)
+++ trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/od-library.dylan Sun Nov 25 23:27:28 2007
@@ -47,14 +47,17 @@
compile-regexp,
regexp-search,
<regexp>,
+ <regexp-error>,
<invalid-regexp>,
- invalid-regexp-pattern,
+ regexp-pattern,
<regexp-match>, // results of a successful search
regexp-match-group,
regexp-match-groups,
group-start,
group-end,
group-text,
+ groups-by-position,
+ groups-by-name,
<invalid-match-group>;
end module regexp;
@@ -67,16 +70,16 @@
translate, make-translator,
split, make-splitter,
join,
- <illegal-regexp>,
- regexp-pattern,
- <regexp-error>;
+ <illegal-regexp>;
create
split-string;
end module regular-expressions;
define module regular-expressions-impl
use common-dylan,
- exclude: { split };
+ exclude: {
+ split
+ };
use string-conversions;
use character-type;
use string-hacking;
Modified: trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/parse.dylan
==============================================================================
--- trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/parse.dylan (original)
+++ trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/parse.dylan Sun Nov 25 23:27:28 2007
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@
define abstract class <parsed-regexp> (<object>)
end class <parsed-regexp>;
-define class <mark> (<parsed-regexp>)
- slot child :: <parsed-regexp>, required-init-keyword: #"child";
- constant slot group-number :: <integer>, required-init-keyword: #"group";
-end class <mark>;
-
-// The root of the parsed regexp
+// The root of the parsed regexp, i.e., this is what's returned by the parser.
define class <regexp> (<mark>)
constant slot regexp-pattern :: <string>, required-init-keyword: #"pattern";
constant slot regexp-group-count :: <integer>, required-init-keyword: #"group-count";
end class <regexp>;
+define class <mark> (<parsed-regexp>)
+ slot child :: <parsed-regexp>, required-init-keyword: #"child";
+ constant slot group-number :: <integer>, required-init-keyword: #"group";
+end class <mark>;
+
define class <union> (<parsed-regexp>) // |
slot left :: <parsed-regexp>, required-init-keyword: #"left";
slot right :: <parsed-regexp>, required-init-keyword: #"right";
Modified: trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/regex.dylan
==============================================================================
--- trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/regex.dylan (original)
+++ trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/regex.dylan Sun Nov 25 23:27:28 2007
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
// Rename a few things...
define constant <invalid-regexp> = <illegal-regexp>;
-define constant invalid-regexp-pattern = regexp-pattern;
// Compile the given string into an optimized regular expression.
//
-// @param case-sensitive -- Whether to be case sensivite.
+// @param case-sensitive -- Whether to be case sensitive.
// @param verbose -- If true, allows you to write regular expressions that
// are easier to read by including whitespace and comments in them that
// will be ignored.
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@
// preceding each newline). By default, "^" matches only at the beginning of
// the string, and "$" only at the end of the string.
//
-// @param dot-matches-newline -- Normally '.' matches any character except for
+// @param dot-matches-all -- Normally '.' matches any character except for
// newline. If this parameter is true '.' matches newline as well.
//
// This function signals <invalid-regexp> if the regular expression is invalid.
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@
end: _end :: <integer> = big.size)
=> (match :: false-or(<regexp-match>))
regexp-search(big, compile-regexp(pattern),
- anchored: anchored, start: start, end: _end)
+ anchored: anchored, start: start, end: _end)
end method regexp-search;
define method regexp-search
@@ -105,16 +104,21 @@
match-root?(pattern, substring, case-sensitive?, num-groups, searcher);
end if;
if (matched?)
- let regexp-match = make(<regexp-match>);
+ let regexp-match = make(<regexp-match>, regular-expression: pattern);
for (index from 0 below marks.size by 2)
let bpos = marks[index];
let epos = marks[index + 1];
- // It would be nice to make <substring> a real sequence, and possibly unify
- // it with the substring implementation in Koala.
- let text = copy-sequence(substring.entire-string,
- start: substring.start-index + bpos,
- end: substring.start-index + epos);
- add-group(regexp-match, make(<match-group>, text: text, start: bpos, end: epos));
+ if (bpos & epos)
+ // It would be nice to make <substring> a real sequence, and possibly unify
+ // it with the substring implementation in Koala.
+ let text = copy-sequence(substring.entire-string,
+ start: substring.start-index + bpos,
+ end: substring.start-index + epos);
+ add-group(regexp-match, make(<match-group>, text: text, start: bpos, end: epos));
+ else
+ // This group wasn't matched.
+ add-group(regexp-match, #f)
+ end;
end;
regexp-match
else
@@ -152,11 +156,14 @@
define sealed class <regexp-match> (<object>)
// Groups by position. Zero is the entire match.
constant slot groups-by-position :: <stretchy-vector> = make(<stretchy-vector>);
- constant slot groups-by-name :: <string-table> = make(<string-table>);
+ // Named groups, if any. Initial size 0 on the assumption that most regular
+ // expressions won't use named groups.
+ constant slot groups-by-name :: <string-table> = make(<string-table>, size: 0);
+ constant slot regular-expression :: <regexp>, required-init-keyword: regular-expression:;
end class <regexp-match>;
define method add-group
- (match :: <regexp-match>, group :: <match-group>,
+ (match :: <regexp-match>, group :: false-or(<match-group>),
#key name :: false-or(<string>))
=> (match :: <regexp-match>)
add!(match.groups-by-position, group);
@@ -176,11 +183,22 @@
end-index :: false-or(<integer>))
if (0 <= group-number & group-number < match.groups-by-position.size)
let group = match.groups-by-position[group-number];
- values(group.group-text, group.group-start, group.group-end)
+ if (group)
+ values(group.group-text, group.group-start, group.group-end)
+ else
+ values(#f, #f, #f)
+ end
else
+ let ng = match.groups-by-position.size;
signal(make(<invalid-match-group>,
- format-string: "Match group index %d out of bounds. Max group index is %d.",
- format-arguments: list(group-number, match.groups-by-position.size - 1)));
+ format-string: "Group index %d is out of bounds for regex %s match. %s",
+ format-arguments: list(group-number,
+ match.regular-expression.regexp-pattern,
+ if (ng == 1)
+ "There is only 1 group."
+ else
+ format-to-string("There are %d groups.", ng)
+ end)));
end;
end method regexp-match-group;
Modified: trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/library.dylan
==============================================================================
--- trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/library.dylan (original)
+++ trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/library.dylan Sun Nov 25 23:27:28 2007
@@ -2,33 +2,71 @@
define library regular-expressions-test-suite
use common-dylan;
- use testworks;
+ use io,
+ import: {
+ streams
+ };
use regular-expressions,
- import: { regular-expressions, regexp };
+ import: {
+ regular-expressions,
+ regexp
+ };
+ use system,
+ import: {
+ file-system,
+ locators,
+ operating-system
+ };
+ use strings;
+ use testworks;
export
regular-expressions-test-suite;
-end;
+end library regular-expressions-test-suite;
define module old-api-test-suite
- use common-dylan, exclude: { split };
+ use common-dylan,
+ exclude: {
+ split
+ };
use regular-expressions;
use testworks;
export
//pcre-test-suite,
old-api-test-suite;
-end;
+end module old-api-test-suite;
define module new-api-test-suite
- use common-dylan, exclude: { split };
+ use common-dylan,
+ exclude: {
+ split
+ };
use regexp;
+ use file-system;
+ use locators,
+ import: {
+ <directory-locator>,
+ <file-locator>,
+ subdirectory-locator
+ };
+ use operating-system,
+ import: {
+ environment-variable
+ };
use testworks;
+ use streams;
+ use strings,
+ import: {
+ trim
+ };
export
new-api-test-suite;
-end;
+end module new-api-test-suite;
define module regular-expressions-test-suite
use testworks;
use old-api-test-suite;
use new-api-test-suite;
export regular-expressions-test-suite;
-end;
+end module regular-expressions-test-suite;
+
+
Modified: trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/new-api-test-suite.dylan
==============================================================================
--- trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/new-api-test-suite.dylan (original)
+++ trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/new-api-test-suite.dylan Sun Nov 25 23:27:28 2007
@@ -2,23 +2,225 @@
Author: Carl Gay
-define test groups-test ()
- let text = "My dog has fleas.";
- let match = regexp-search(text, "My (dog)");
-
- // The entire match is a group as well, so 2 groups.
- check-equal("number of groups.", 2, regexp-match-groups(match).size);
-
- let (txt, bpos, epos) = regexp-match-group(match, 1);
- check-equal("group text", "dog", txt);
- check-equal("group start", 3, bpos);
- check-equal("group end", 6, epos);
-end test groups-test;
+// todo -- why does this fail to match anything if it has a leading space???
+define constant $group-regexp = compile-regexp("[0-9]: (.*)|No match");
+define constant $group-index-of-what-pcre-matched = 1;
+
+define function run-pcre-checks
+ (pathname :: <pathname>) => ()
+ with-open-file(stream = pathname, direction: #"input")
+ let line = #f;
+ let line-number = 0;
+ let lines = make(<stretchy-vector>);
+ while (line := read-line(stream, on-end-of-stream: #f))
+ line-number := line-number + 1;
+ line := trim(line, from: #"left");
+ if (empty?(line))
+ // A section break is always preceded by a group result or "No match".
+ // Some multi-line regular expression patterns have empty lines and we
+ // don't want to think that's the end of the section.
+ if (lines.size > 0
+ & regexp-search(lines[lines.size - 1], $group-regexp))
+ check-pcre-section(make(<section>,
+ lines: lines,
+ start-line-number: line-number - lines.size));
+ lines := make(<stretchy-vector>);
+ elseif (lines.size > 0) // a section never begins with a blank line
+ test-output("Line %d: lines.size = %d, matches = %s, prev = %s\n",
+ line-number,
+ lines.size,
+ regexp-search(lines[lines.size - 1], $group-regexp),
+ lines[lines.size - 1]);
+ add!(lines, line);
+ end;
+ else
+ add!(lines, line);
+ end;
+ end while;
+ end;
+end function run-pcre-checks;
+
+define class <section> (<object>)
+ constant slot section-lines :: <sequence>, required-init-keyword: #"lines";
+ constant slot start-line-number :: <integer>, required-init-keyword: #"start-line-number";
+ slot %index :: <integer> = 0;
+end class <section>;
+
+define method consume-line
+ (section :: <section>) => (line :: false-or(<string>))
+ let index = section.%index;
+ let lines = section.section-lines;
+ if (index < lines.size)
+ section.%index := index + 1;
+ lines[index]
+ end
+end method consume-line;
+
+define method peek-line
+ (section :: <section>) => (line :: false-or(<string>))
+ if (section.%index < section.section-lines.size)
+ section.section-lines[section.%index]
+ end
+end method peek-line;
+
+/* Example section:
+ /([\da-f:]+)$/i // pattern and flags
+ 0abc // test string
+ 0: 0abc // group 0
+ 1: 0abc // group 1
+ 0zzz // test string
+ No match // no match
+*/
+define function check-pcre-section
+ (section :: <section>)
+ let regexp = parse-pcre-regexp(section);
+ while (peek-line(section))
+ let test-string = consume-line(section);
+ //test-output(" test string: %s\n", test-string);
+ let group-strings = make(<stretchy-vector>);
+ block (done-with-this-test-string)
+ while (#t)
+ let line = peek-line(section);
+ let match = line & regexp-search(line, $group-regexp);
+ if (match)
+ consume-line(section);
+ let group-text = regexp-match-group(match, $group-index-of-what-pcre-matched);
+ //test-output(" pcre group: %s\n", group-text | "No match");
+ if (group-text)
+ add!(group-strings, group-text);
+ else
+ assert(regexp-match-group(match, 0) = "No match",
+ "previous line was 'No match'");
+ done-with-this-test-string();
+ end;
+ else
+ done-with-this-test-string();
+ end;
+ end;
+ end;
+ if (regexp)
+ check-no-errors(format-to-string("search for %s in %s",
+ test-string, regexp.regexp-pattern),
+ regexp-search(test-string, regexp));
+ let match = block ()
+ regexp-search(test-string, regexp)
+ exception (ex :: <error>)
+ #f
+ end;
+ if (match)
+ compare-to-pcre-results(regexp.regexp-pattern, test-string, match, group-strings);
+ end;
+ end if;
+ end while;
+end function check-pcre-section;
+
+define function parse-pcre-regexp
+ (section :: <section>)
+ => (regexp :: false-or(<regexp>))
+ local method find-last (string, char)
+ // position(string, char, from-end: #t)
+ block (break)
+ for (i from string.size - 1 to 0 by -1)
+ if (string[i] == char)
+ break(i);
+ end;
+ end;
+ end;
+ end method find-last;
+ // This is imprecise. If the pattern spans multiple lines this will fail
+ // if any but the first and last lines contain the regex delimiter character.
+ // Might be nice to add a function to the regexp module to parse aread a perl
+ // style regexp from a stream.
+ local method read-pattern-and-flags ()
+ let pnf = consume-line(section);
+ let delim = pnf[0];
+ if (find-last(pnf, delim) == 0)
+ // it's a multi-line regex
+ while(peek-line(section) & ~find-last(peek-line(section), delim))
+ pnf := concatenate(pnf, "\n", consume-line(section));
+ end;
+ if (peek-line(section))
+ pnf := concatenate(pnf, "\n", consume-line(section));
+ end;
+ end;
+ let end-delim = find-last(pnf, delim);
+ let flags = copy-sequence(pnf, start: end-delim + 1);
+ let pattern = copy-sequence(pnf, start: 1, end: end-delim);
+ values(pattern, flags)
+ end method read-pattern-and-flags;
+ let (pattern, flags) = read-pattern-and-flags();
+ //test-output("pattern: %s (flags = %s)\n", pattern, flags);
+ for (flag in flags)
+ check-true(format-to-string("For regex %s, flag %s is recognized",
+ pattern, flag),
+ member?(flag, "ixms"));
+ end for;
+ block ()
+ compile-regexp(pattern,
+ case-sensitive: ~ member?('i', flags),
+ verbose: member?('x', flags),
+ multi-line: member?('m', flags),
+ dot-matches-all: member?('s', flags))
+ // Unfortunately we can't catch <regexp-error> here because the charset
+ // parser is in string-extensions and signals <invalid-character-set-description>
+ // which isn't related to <regexp-error> (and isn't even exported).
+ exception (ex :: <error>)
+ check-true(format-to-string("can compile regex %s", pattern), #f);
+ //test-output(" ERROR: %s\n", ex);
+ #f
+ end block
+end function parse-pcre-regexp;
+
+/*
+ * pcre-groups is a sequence of strings where the nth element represents
+ * the nth group in the pcre regexp match. If pcre-groups is empty then
+ * there was no match.
+ */
+define function compare-to-pcre-results
+ (pattern :: <string>,
+ test-string :: <string>,
+ match :: false-or(<regexp-match>),
+ pcre-groups :: <sequence>)
+ => ()
+ if (match)
+ check-equal(format-to-string("Match %s against %s -- same # of groups",
+ test-string, pattern),
+ match.groups-by-position.size,
+ pcre-groups.size);
+ for (group-number from 0,
+ pcre-group in pcre-groups)
+ let our-group = regexp-match-group(match, group-number);
+ check-equal(format-to-string("Match %s against %s -- group %d is the same",
+ test-string, pattern, group-number),
+ our-group,
+ pcre-group);
+ end;
+ else
+ check-equal(format-to-string("Pattern %s doesn't match test string %s",
+ pattern, test-string),
+ 0,
+ pcre-groups.size);
+ end if;
+end function compare-to-pcre-results;
+
+define test pcre-test ()
+ let source-directory = environment-variable("OPEN_DYLAN_USER_SOURCES");
+ if (source-directory)
+ let dir = subdirectory-locator(as(<directory-locator>, source-directory),
+ "libraries",
+ "regular-expressions",
+ "tests");
+ run-pcre-checks(make(<file-locator>,
+ directory: dir,
+ name: "pcre-testoutput1.txt"));
+ else
+ signal(make(<simple-error>,
+ format-string: "pcre-test requires the OPEN_DYLAN_USER_SOURCES environment "
+ "variable to be set to the root of your Dylan sources."));
+ end;
+end test pcre-test;
define suite new-api-test-suite ()
- test groups-test;
-// test and-test;
-// test or-test;
-// test anchoring-test;
-// test quantifier-test;
+ test pcre-test;
end suite new-api-test-suite;
+
Added: trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/pcre-testoutput1.txt
==============================================================================
--- (empty file)
+++ trunk/libraries/regular-expressions/tests/pcre-testoutput1.txt Sun Nov 25 23:27:28 2007
@@ -0,0 +1,6285 @@
+/the quick brown fox/
+ the quick brown fox
+ 0: the quick brown fox
+ The quick brown FOX
+No match
+ What do you know about the quick brown fox?
+ 0: the quick brown fox
+ What do you know about THE QUICK BROWN FOX?
+No match
+
+/The quick brown fox/i
+ the quick brown fox
+ 0: the quick brown fox
+ The quick brown FOX
+ 0: The quick brown FOX
+ What do you know about the quick brown fox?
+ 0: the quick brown fox
+ What do you know about THE QUICK BROWN FOX?
+ 0: THE QUICK BROWN FOX
+
+/abcd\t\n\r\f\a\e\071\x3b\$\\\?caxyz/
+ abcd\t\n\r\f\a\e9;\$\\?caxyz
+ 0: abcd\x09\x0a\x0d\x0c\x07\x1b9;$\?caxyz
+
+/a*abc?xyz+pqr{3}ab{2,}xy{4,5}pq{0,6}AB{0,}zz/
+ abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: abxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypAzz
+ 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypAzz
+ aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqAzz
+ 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqAzz
+ aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqAzz
+ 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqAzz
+ aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqAzz
+ 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqAzz
+ aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqAzz
+ 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqAzz
+ aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqqAzz
+ 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqqAzz
+ aaaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ abxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: abxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aabxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aabxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aaaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaaabxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ abcxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: abcxyzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aabcxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aabcxyzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyypqAzz
+ aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyyypqAzz
+ aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABzz
+ 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABzz
+ aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABBzz
+ 0: aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypABBzz
+ >>>aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ >aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: aaaabxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ >>>>abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ 0: abcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ abxyzpqrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+No match
+ abxyzpqrrrrabbxyyyypqAzz
+No match
+ abxyzpqrrrabxyyyypqAzz
+No match
+ aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyyyyypqAzz
+No match
+ aaaabcxyzzzzpqrrrabbbxyyypqAzz
+No match
+ aaabcxyzpqrrrabbxyyyypqqqqqqqAzz
+No match
+
+/^(abc){1,2}zz/
+ abczz
+ 0: abczz
+ 1: abc
+ abcabczz
+ 0: abcabczz
+ 1: abc
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ zz
+No match
+ abcabcabczz
+No match
+ >>abczz
+No match
+
+/^(b+?|a){1,2}?c/
+ bc
+ 0: bc
+ 1: b
+ bbc
+ 0: bbc
+ 1: b
+ bbbc
+ 0: bbbc
+ 1: bb
+ bac
+ 0: bac
+ 1: a
+ bbac
+ 0: bbac
+ 1: a
+ aac
+ 0: aac
+ 1: a
+ abbbbbbbbbbbc
+ 0: abbbbbbbbbbbc
+ 1: bbbbbbbbbbb
+ bbbbbbbbbbbac
+ 0: bbbbbbbbbbbac
+ 1: a
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ aaac
+No match
+ abbbbbbbbbbbac
+No match
+
+/^(b+|a){1,2}c/
+ bc
+ 0: bc
+ 1: b
+ bbc
+ 0: bbc
+ 1: bb
+ bbbc
+ 0: bbbc
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+ 12-09-98
+ 0: 12-09-98
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ sep-12-98
+No match
+
+/(?<=(foo))bar\1/
+ foobarfoo
+ 0: barfoo
+ 1: foo
+ foobarfootling
+ 0: barfoo
+ 1: foo
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ foobar
+No match
+ barfoo
+No match
+
+/(?i:saturday|sunday)/
+ saturday
+ 0: saturday
+ sunday
+ 0: sunday
+ Saturday
+ 0: Saturday
+ Sunday
+ 0: Sunday
+ SATURDAY
+ 0: SATURDAY
+ SUNDAY
+ 0: SUNDAY
+ SunDay
+ 0: SunDay
+
+/(a(?i)bc|BB)x/
+ abcx
+ 0: abcx
+ 1: abc
+ aBCx
+ 0: aBCx
+ 1: aBC
+ bbx
+ 0: bbx
+ 1: bb
+ BBx
+ 0: BBx
+ 1: BB
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ abcX
+No match
+ aBCX
+No match
+ bbX
+No match
+ BBX
+No match
+
+/^([ab](?i)[cd]|[ef])/
+ ac
+ 0: ac
+ 1: ac
+ aC
+ 0: aC
+ 1: aC
+ bD
+ 0: bD
+ 1: bD
+ elephant
+ 0: e
+ 1: e
+ Europe
+ 0: E
+ 1: E
+ frog
+ 0: f
+ 1: f
+ France
+ 0: F
+ 1: F
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ Africa
+No match
+
+/^(ab|a(?i)[b-c](?m-i)d|x(?i)y|z)/
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+ 1: ab
+ aBd
+ 0: aBd
+ 1: aBd
+ xy
+ 0: xy
+ 1: xy
+ xY
+ 0: xY
+ 1: xY
+ zebra
+ 0: z
+ 1: z
+ Zambesi
+ 0: Z
+ 1: Z
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ aCD
+No match
+ XY
+No match
+
+/(?<=foo\n)^bar/m
+ foo\nbar
+ 0: bar
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ bar
+No match
+ baz\nbar
+No match
+
+/(?<=(?<!foo)bar)baz/
+ barbaz
+ 0: baz
+ barbarbaz
+ 0: baz
+ koobarbaz
+ 0: baz
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ baz
+No match
+ foobarbaz
+No match
+
+/The case of aaaaaa is missed out below because I think Perl 5.005_02 gets/
+/it wrong; it sets $1 to aaa rather than aa. Compare the following test,/
+No match
+/where it does set $1 to aa when matching aaaaaa./
+No match
+
+/^(a\1?){4}$/
+ a
+No match
+ aa
+No match
+ aaa
+No match
+ aaaa
+ 0: aaaa
+ 1: a
+ aaaaa
+ 0: aaaaa
+ 1: a
+ aaaaaaa
+ 0: aaaaaaa
+ 1: a
+ aaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaa
+ 0: aaaaaaaaaa
+ 1: aaaa
+ aaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+
+/^(a\1?)(a\1?)(a\2?)(a\3?)$/
+ a
+No match
+ aa
+No match
+ aaa
+No match
+ aaaa
+ 0: aaaa
+ 1: a
+ 2: a
+ 3: a
+ 4: a
+ aaaaa
+ 0: aaaaa
+ 1: a
+ 2: aa
+ 3: a
+ 4: a
+ aaaaaa
+ 0: aaaaaa
+ 1: a
+ 2: aa
+ 3: a
+ 4: aa
+ aaaaaaa
+ 0: aaaaaaa
+ 1: a
+ 2: aa
+ 3: aaa
+ 4: a
+ aaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaa
+ 0: aaaaaaaaaa
+ 1: a
+ 2: aa
+ 3: aaa
+ 4: aaaa
+ aaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+
+/The following tests are taken from the Perl 5.005 test suite; some of them/
+/are compatible with 5.004, but I'd rather not have to sort them out./
+No match
+
+/abc/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+ xabcy
+ 0: abc
+ ababc
+ 0: abc
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ xbc
+No match
+ axc
+No match
+ abx
+No match
+
+/ab*c/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+
+/ab*bc/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+ abbc
+ 0: abbc
+ abbbbc
+ 0: abbbbc
+
+/.{1}/
+ abbbbc
+ 0: a
+
+/.{3,4}/
+ abbbbc
+ 0: abbb
+
+/ab{0,}bc/
+ abbbbc
+ 0: abbbbc
+
+/ab+bc/
+ abbc
+ 0: abbc
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ abc
+No match
+ abq
+No match
+
+/ab{1,}bc/
+
+/ab+bc/
+ abbbbc
+ 0: abbbbc
+
+/ab{1,}bc/
+ abbbbc
+ 0: abbbbc
+
+/ab{1,3}bc/
+ abbbbc
+ 0: abbbbc
+
+/ab{3,4}bc/
+ abbbbc
+ 0: abbbbc
+
+/ab{4,5}bc/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ abq
+No match
+ abbbbc
+No match
+
+/ab?bc/
+ abbc
+ 0: abbc
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+
+/ab{0,1}bc/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+
+/ab?bc/
+
+/ab?c/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+
+/ab{0,1}c/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+
+/^abc$/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ abbbbc
+No match
+ abcc
+No match
+
+/^abc/
+ abcc
+ 0: abc
+
+/^abc$/
+
+/abc$/
+ aabc
+ 0: abc
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ aabc
+ 0: abc
+ aabcd
+No match
+
+/^/
+ abc
+ 0:
+
+/$/
+ abc
+ 0:
+
+/a.c/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+ axc
+ 0: axc
+
+/a.*c/
+ axyzc
+ 0: axyzc
+
+/a[bc]d/
+ abd
+ 0: abd
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ axyzd
+No match
+ abc
+No match
+
+/a[b-d]e/
+ ace
+ 0: ace
+
+/a[b-d]/
+ aac
+ 0: ac
+
+/a[-b]/
+ a-
+ 0: a-
+
+/a[b-]/
+ a-
+ 0: a-
+
+/a]/
+ a]
+ 0: a]
+
+/a[]]b/
+ a]b
+ 0: a]b
+
+/a[^bc]d/
+ aed
+ 0: aed
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ abd
+No match
+ abd
+No match
+
+/a[^-b]c/
+ adc
+ 0: adc
+
+/a[^]b]c/
+ adc
+ 0: adc
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ a-c
+ 0: a-c
+ a]c
+No match
+
+/\ba\b/
+ a-
+ 0: a
+ -a
+ 0: a
+ -a-
+ 0: a
+
+/\by\b/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ xy
+No match
+ yz
+No match
+ xyz
+No match
+
+/\Ba\B/
+ *** Failers
+ 0: a
+ a-
+No match
+ -a
+No match
+ -a-
+No match
+
+/\By\b/
+ xy
+ 0: y
+
+/\by\B/
+ yz
+ 0: y
+
+/\By\B/
+ xyz
+ 0: y
+
+/\w/
+ a
+ 0: a
+
+/\W/
+ -
+ 0: -
+ *** Failers
+ 0: *
+ -
+ 0: -
+ a
+No match
+
+/a\sb/
+ a b
+ 0: a b
+
+/a\Sb/
+ a-b
+ 0: a-b
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ a-b
+ 0: a-b
+ a b
+No match
+
+/\d/
+ 1
+ 0: 1
+
+/\D/
+ -
+ 0: -
+ *** Failers
+ 0: *
+ -
+ 0: -
+ 1
+No match
+
+/[\w]/
+ a
+ 0: a
+
+/[\W]/
+ -
+ 0: -
+ *** Failers
+ 0: *
+ -
+ 0: -
+ a
+No match
+
+/a[\s]b/
+ a b
+ 0: a b
+
+/a[\S]b/
+ a-b
+ 0: a-b
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ a-b
+ 0: a-b
+ a b
+No match
+
+/[\d]/
+ 1
+ 0: 1
+
+/[\D]/
+ -
+ 0: -
+ *** Failers
+ 0: *
+ -
+ 0: -
+ 1
+No match
+
+/ab|cd/
+ abc
+ 0: ab
+ abcd
+ 0: ab
+
+/()ef/
+ def
+ 0: ef
+ 1:
+
+/$b/
+
+/a\(b/
+ a(b
+ 0: a(b
+
+/a\(*b/
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+ a((b
+ 0: a((b
+
+/a\\b/
+ a\b
+No match
+
+/((a))/
+ abc
+ 0: a
+ 1: a
+ 2: a
+
+/(a)b(c)/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+ 1: a
+ 2: c
+
+/a+b+c/
+ aabbabc
+ 0: abc
+
+/a{1,}b{1,}c/
+ aabbabc
+ 0: abc
+
+/a.+?c/
+ abcabc
+ 0: abc
+
+/(a+|b)*/
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+ 1: b
+
+/(a+|b){0,}/
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+ 1: b
+
+/(a+|b)+/
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+ 1: b
+
+/(a+|b){1,}/
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+ 1: b
+
+/(a+|b)?/
+ ab
+ 0: a
+ 1: a
+
+/(a+|b){0,1}/
+ ab
+ 0: a
+ 1: a
+
+/[^ab]*/
+ cde
+ 0: cde
+
+/abc/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ b
+No match
+
+
+/a*/
+
+
+/([abc])*d/
+ abbbcd
+ 0: abbbcd
+ 1: c
+
+/([abc])*bcd/
+ abcd
+ 0: abcd
+ 1: a
+
+/a|b|c|d|e/
+ e
+ 0: e
+
+/(a|b|c|d|e)f/
+ ef
+ 0: ef
+ 1: e
+
+/abcd*efg/
+ abcdefg
+ 0: abcdefg
+
+/ab*/
+ xabyabbbz
+ 0: ab
+ xayabbbz
+ 0: a
+
+/(ab|cd)e/
+ abcde
+ 0: cde
+ 1: cd
+
+/[abhgefdc]ij/
+ hij
+ 0: hij
+
+/^(ab|cd)e/
+
+/(abc|)ef/
+ abcdef
+ 0: ef
+ 1:
+
+/(a|b)c*d/
+ abcd
+ 0: bcd
+ 1: b
+
+/(ab|ab*)bc/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+ 1: a
+
+/a([bc]*)c*/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+ 1: bc
+
+/a([bc]*)(c*d)/
+ abcd
+ 0: abcd
+ 1: bc
+ 2: d
+
+/a([bc]+)(c*d)/
+ abcd
+ 0: abcd
+ 1: bc
+ 2: d
+
+/a([bc]*)(c+d)/
+ abcd
+ 0: abcd
+ 1: b
+ 2: cd
+
+/a[bcd]*dcdcde/
+ adcdcde
+ 0: adcdcde
+
+/a[bcd]+dcdcde/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ abcde
+No match
+ adcdcde
+No match
+
+/(ab|a)b*c/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+ 1: ab
+
+/((a)(b)c)(d)/
+ abcd
+ 0: abcd
+ 1: abc
+ 2: a
+ 3: b
+ 4: d
+
+/[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*/
+ alpha
+ 0: alpha
+
+/^a(bc+|b[eh])g|.h$/
+ abh
+ 0: bh
+
+/(bc+d$|ef*g.|h?i(j|k))/
+ effgz
+ 0: effgz
+ 1: effgz
+ ij
+ 0: ij
+ 1: ij
+ 2: j
+ reffgz
+ 0: effgz
+ 1: effgz
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ effg
+No match
+ bcdd
+No match
+
+/((((((((((a))))))))))/
+ a
+ 0: a
+ 1: a
+ 2: a
+ 3: a
+ 4: a
+ 5: a
+ 6: a
+ 7: a
+ 8: a
+ 9: a
+10: a
+
+/((((((((((a))))))))))\10/
+ aa
+ 0: aa
+ 1: a
+ 2: a
+ 3: a
+ 4: a
+ 5: a
+ 6: a
+ 7: a
+ 8: a
+ 9: a
+10: a
+
+/(((((((((a)))))))))/
+ a
+ 0: a
+ 1: a
+ 2: a
+ 3: a
+ 4: a
+ 5: a
+ 6: a
+ 7: a
+ 8: a
+ 9: a
+
+/multiple words of text/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ aa
+No match
+ uh-uh
+No match
+
+/multiple words/
+ multiple words, yeah
+ 0: multiple words
+
+/(.*)c(.*)/
+ abcde
+ 0: abcde
+ 1: ab
+ 2: de
+
+/\((.*), (.*)\)/
+ (a, b)
+ 0: (a, b)
+ 1: a
+ 2: b
+
+/[k]/
+
+/abcd/
+ abcd
+ 0: abcd
+
+/a(bc)d/
+ abcd
+ 0: abcd
+ 1: bc
+
+/a[-]?c/
+ ac
+ 0: ac
+
+/(abc)\1/
+ abcabc
+ 0: abcabc
+ 1: abc
+
+/([a-c]*)\1/
+ abcabc
+ 0: abcabc
+ 1: abc
+
+/(a)|\1/
+ a
+ 0: a
+ 1: a
+ *** Failers
+ 0: a
+ 1: a
+ ab
+ 0: a
+ 1: a
+ x
+No match
+
+/(([a-c])b*?\2)*/
+ ababbbcbc
+ 0: ababb
+ 1: bb
+ 2: b
+
+/(([a-c])b*?\2){3}/
+ ababbbcbc
+ 0: ababbbcbc
+ 1: cbc
+ 2: c
+
+/((\3|b)\2(a)x)+/
+ aaaxabaxbaaxbbax
+ 0: bbax
+ 1: bbax
+ 2: b
+ 3: a
+
+/((\3|b)\2(a)){2,}/
+ bbaababbabaaaaabbaaaabba
+ 0: bbaaaabba
+ 1: bba
+ 2: b
+ 3: a
+
+/abc/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+ XABCY
+ 0: ABC
+ ABABC
+ 0: ABC
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ aaxabxbaxbbx
+No match
+ XBC
+No match
+ AXC
+No match
+ ABX
+No match
+
+/ab*c/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/ab*bc/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+ ABBC
+ 0: ABBC
+
+/ab*?bc/i
+ ABBBBC
+ 0: ABBBBC
+
+/ab{0,}?bc/i
+ ABBBBC
+ 0: ABBBBC
+
+/ab+?bc/i
+ ABBC
+ 0: ABBC
+
+/ab+bc/i
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ ABC
+No match
+ ABQ
+No match
+
+/ab{1,}bc/i
+
+/ab+bc/i
+ ABBBBC
+ 0: ABBBBC
+
+/ab{1,}?bc/i
+ ABBBBC
+ 0: ABBBBC
+
+/ab{1,3}?bc/i
+ ABBBBC
+ 0: ABBBBC
+
+/ab{3,4}?bc/i
+ ABBBBC
+ 0: ABBBBC
+
+/ab{4,5}?bc/i
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ ABQ
+No match
+ ABBBBC
+No match
+
+/ab??bc/i
+ ABBC
+ 0: ABBC
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/ab{0,1}?bc/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/ab??bc/i
+
+/ab??c/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/ab{0,1}?c/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/^abc$/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ ABBBBC
+No match
+ ABCC
+No match
+
+/^abc/i
+ ABCC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/^abc$/i
+
+/abc$/i
+ AABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/^/i
+ ABC
+ 0:
+
+/$/i
+ ABC
+ 0:
+
+/a.c/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+ AXC
+ 0: AXC
+
+/a.*?c/i
+ AXYZC
+ 0: AXYZC
+
+/a.*c/i
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ AABC
+ 0: AABC
+ AXYZD
+No match
+
+/a[bc]d/i
+ ABD
+ 0: ABD
+
+/a[b-d]e/i
+ ACE
+ 0: ACE
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ ABC
+No match
+ ABD
+No match
+
+/a[b-d]/i
+ AAC
+ 0: AC
+
+/a[-b]/i
+ A-
+ 0: A-
+
+/a[b-]/i
+ A-
+ 0: A-
+
+/a]/i
+ A]
+ 0: A]
+
+/a[]]b/i
+ A]B
+ 0: A]B
+
+/a[^bc]d/i
+ AED
+ 0: AED
+
+/a[^-b]c/i
+ ADC
+ 0: ADC
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ ABD
+No match
+ A-C
+No match
+
+/a[^]b]c/i
+ ADC
+ 0: ADC
+
+/ab|cd/i
+ ABC
+ 0: AB
+ ABCD
+ 0: AB
+
+/()ef/i
+ DEF
+ 0: EF
+ 1:
+
+/$b/i
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ A]C
+No match
+ B
+No match
+
+/a\(b/i
+ A(B
+ 0: A(B
+
+/a\(*b/i
+ AB
+ 0: AB
+ A((B
+ 0: A((B
+
+/a\\b/i
+ A\B
+No match
+
+/((a))/i
+ ABC
+ 0: A
+ 1: A
+ 2: A
+
+/(a)b(c)/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+ 1: A
+ 2: C
+
+/a+b+c/i
+ AABBABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/a{1,}b{1,}c/i
+ AABBABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/a.+?c/i
+ ABCABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/a.*?c/i
+ ABCABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/a.{0,5}?c/i
+ ABCABC
+ 0: ABC
+
+/(a+|b)*/i
+ AB
+ 0: AB
+ 1: B
+
+/(a+|b){0,}/i
+ AB
+ 0: AB
+ 1: B
+
+/(a+|b)+/i
+ AB
+ 0: AB
+ 1: B
+
+/(a+|b){1,}/i
+ AB
+ 0: AB
+ 1: B
+
+/(a+|b)?/i
+ AB
+ 0: A
+ 1: A
+
+/(a+|b){0,1}/i
+ AB
+ 0: A
+ 1: A
+
+/(a+|b){0,1}?/i
+ AB
+ 0:
+
+/[^ab]*/i
+ CDE
+ 0: CDE
+
+/abc/i
+
+/a*/i
+
+
+/([abc])*d/i
+ ABBBCD
+ 0: ABBBCD
+ 1: C
+
+/([abc])*bcd/i
+ ABCD
+ 0: ABCD
+ 1: A
+
+/a|b|c|d|e/i
+ E
+ 0: E
+
+/(a|b|c|d|e)f/i
+ EF
+ 0: EF
+ 1: E
+
+/abcd*efg/i
+ ABCDEFG
+ 0: ABCDEFG
+
+/ab*/i
+ XABYABBBZ
+ 0: AB
+ XAYABBBZ
+ 0: A
+
+/(ab|cd)e/i
+ ABCDE
+ 0: CDE
+ 1: CD
+
+/[abhgefdc]ij/i
+ HIJ
+ 0: HIJ
+
+/^(ab|cd)e/i
+ ABCDE
+No match
+
+/(abc|)ef/i
+ ABCDEF
+ 0: EF
+ 1:
+
+/(a|b)c*d/i
+ ABCD
+ 0: BCD
+ 1: B
+
+/(ab|ab*)bc/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+ 1: A
+
+/a([bc]*)c*/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+ 1: BC
+
+/a([bc]*)(c*d)/i
+ ABCD
+ 0: ABCD
+ 1: BC
+ 2: D
+
+/a([bc]+)(c*d)/i
+ ABCD
+ 0: ABCD
+ 1: BC
+ 2: D
+
+/a([bc]*)(c+d)/i
+ ABCD
+ 0: ABCD
+ 1: B
+ 2: CD
+
+/a[bcd]*dcdcde/i
+ ADCDCDE
+ 0: ADCDCDE
+
+/a[bcd]+dcdcde/i
+
+/(ab|a)b*c/i
+ ABC
+ 0: ABC
+ 1: AB
+
+/((a)(b)c)(d)/i
+ ABCD
+ 0: ABCD
+ 1: ABC
+ 2: A
+ 3: B
+ 4: D
+
+/[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*/i
+ ALPHA
+ 0: ALPHA
+
+/^a(bc+|b[eh])g|.h$/i
+ ABH
+ 0: BH
+
+/(bc+d$|ef*g.|h?i(j|k))/i
+ EFFGZ
+ 0: EFFGZ
+ 1: EFFGZ
+ IJ
+ 0: IJ
+ 1: IJ
+ 2: J
+ REFFGZ
+ 0: EFFGZ
+ 1: EFFGZ
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ ADCDCDE
+No match
+ EFFG
+No match
+ BCDD
+No match
+
+/((((((((((a))))))))))/i
+ A
+ 0: A
+ 1: A
+ 2: A
+ 3: A
+ 4: A
+ 5: A
+ 6: A
+ 7: A
+ 8: A
+ 9: A
+10: A
+
+/((((((((((a))))))))))\10/i
+ AA
+ 0: AA
+ 1: A
+ 2: A
+ 3: A
+ 4: A
+ 5: A
+ 6: A
+ 7: A
+ 8: A
+ 9: A
+10: A
+
+/(((((((((a)))))))))/i
+ A
+ 0: A
+ 1: A
+ 2: A
+ 3: A
+ 4: A
+ 5: A
+ 6: A
+ 7: A
+ 8: A
+ 9: A
+
+/(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(a))))))))))/i
+ A
+ 0: A
+ 1: A
+
+/(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(?:(a|b|c))))))))))/i
+ C
+ 0: C
+ 1: C
+
+/multiple words of text/i
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ AA
+No match
+ UH-UH
+No match
+
+/multiple words/i
+ MULTIPLE WORDS, YEAH
+ 0: MULTIPLE WORDS
+
+/(.*)c(.*)/i
+ ABCDE
+ 0: ABCDE
+ 1: AB
+ 2: DE
+
+/\((.*), (.*)\)/i
+ (A, B)
+ 0: (A, B)
+ 1: A
+ 2: B
+
+/[k]/i
+
+/abcd/i
+ ABCD
+ 0: ABCD
+
+/a(bc)d/i
+ ABCD
+ 0: ABCD
+ 1: BC
+
+/a[-]?c/i
+ AC
+ 0: AC
+
+/(abc)\1/i
+ ABCABC
+ 0: ABCABC
+ 1: ABC
+
+/([a-c]*)\1/i
+ ABCABC
+ 0: ABCABC
+ 1: ABC
+
+/a(?!b)./
+ abad
+ 0: ad
+
+/a(?=d)./
+ abad
+ 0: ad
+
+/a(?=c|d)./
+ abad
+ 0: ad
+
+/a(?:b|c|d)(.)/
+ ace
+ 0: ace
+ 1: e
+
+/a(?:b|c|d)*(.)/
+ ace
+ 0: ace
+ 1: e
+
+/a(?:b|c|d)+?(.)/
+ ace
+ 0: ace
+ 1: e
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acd
+ 1: d
+
+/a(?:b|c|d)+(.)/
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acdbcdbe
+ 1: e
+
+/a(?:b|c|d){2}(.)/
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acdb
+ 1: b
+
+/a(?:b|c|d){4,5}(.)/
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acdbcdb
+ 1: b
+
+/a(?:b|c|d){4,5}?(.)/
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acdbcd
+ 1: d
+
+/((foo)|(bar))*/
+ foobar
+ 0: foobar
+ 1: bar
+ 2: foo
+ 3: bar
+
+/a(?:b|c|d){6,7}(.)/
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acdbcdbe
+ 1: e
+
+/a(?:b|c|d){6,7}?(.)/
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acdbcdbe
+ 1: e
+
+/a(?:b|c|d){5,6}(.)/
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acdbcdbe
+ 1: e
+
+/a(?:b|c|d){5,6}?(.)/
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acdbcdb
+ 1: b
+
+/a(?:b|c|d){5,7}(.)/
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acdbcdbe
+ 1: e
+
+/a(?:b|c|d){5,7}?(.)/
+ acdbcdbe
+ 0: acdbcdb
+ 1: b
+
+/a(?:b|(c|e){1,2}?|d)+?(.)/
+ ace
+ 0: ace
+ 1: c
+ 2: e
+
+/^(.+)?B/
+ AB
+ 0: AB
+ 1: A
+
+/^([^a-z])|(\^)$/
+ .
+ 0: .
+ 1: .
+
+/^[<>]&/
+ <&OUT
+ 0: <&
+
+/^(a\1?){4}$/
+ aaaaaaaaaa
+ 0: aaaaaaaaaa
+ 1: aaaa
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ AB
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+
+/^(a(?(1)\1)){4}$/
+ aaaaaaaaaa
+ 0: aaaaaaaaaa
+ 1: aaaa
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaa
+No match
+ aaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+
+/(?:(f)(o)(o)|(b)(a)(r))*/
+ foobar
+ 0: foobar
+ 1: f
+ 2: o
+ 3: o
+ 4: b
+ 5: a
+ 6: r
+
+/(?<=a)b/
+ ab
+ 0: b
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ cb
+No match
+ b
+No match
+
+/(?<!c)b/
+ ab
+ 0: b
+ b
+ 0: b
+ b
+ 0: b
+
+/(?:..)*a/
+ aba
+ 0: aba
+
+/(?:..)*?a/
+ aba
+ 0: a
+
+/^(?:b|a(?=(.)))*\1/
+ abc
+ 0: ab
+ 1: b
+
+/^(){3,5}/
+ abc
+ 0:
+ 1:
+
+/^(a+)*ax/
+ aax
+ 0: aax
+ 1: a
+
+/^((a|b)+)*ax/
+ aax
+ 0: aax
+ 1: a
+ 2: a
+
+/^((a|bc)+)*ax/
+ aax
+ 0: aax
+ 1: a
+ 2: a
+
+/(a|x)*ab/
+ cab
+ 0: ab
+
+/(a)*ab/
+ cab
+ 0: ab
+
+/(?:(?i)a)b/
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+
+/((?i)a)b/
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+ 1: a
+
+/(?:(?i)a)b/
+ Ab
+ 0: Ab
+
+/((?i)a)b/
+ Ab
+ 0: Ab
+ 1: A
+
+/(?:(?i)a)b/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ cb
+No match
+ aB
+No match
+
+/((?i)a)b/
+
+/(?i:a)b/
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+
+/((?i:a))b/
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+ 1: a
+
+/(?i:a)b/
+ Ab
+ 0: Ab
+
+/((?i:a))b/
+ Ab
+ 0: Ab
+ 1: A
+
+/(?i:a)b/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ aB
+No match
+ aB
+No match
+
+/((?i:a))b/
+
+/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+
+/((?-i)a)b/i
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+ 1: a
+
+/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
+ aB
+ 0: aB
+
+/((?-i)a)b/i
+ aB
+ 0: aB
+ 1: a
+
+/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ aB
+ 0: aB
+ Ab
+No match
+
+/((?-i)a)b/i
+
+/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
+ aB
+ 0: aB
+
+/((?-i)a)b/i
+ aB
+ 0: aB
+ 1: a
+
+/(?:(?-i)a)b/i
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ Ab
+No match
+ AB
+No match
+
+/((?-i)a)b/i
+
+/(?-i:a)b/i
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+
+/((?-i:a))b/i
+ ab
+ 0: ab
+ 1: a
+
+/(?-i:a)b/i
+ aB
+ 0: aB
+
+/((?-i:a))b/i
+ aB
+ 0: aB
+ 1: a
+
+/(?-i:a)b/i
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ AB
+No match
+ Ab
+No match
+
+/((?-i:a))b/i
+
+/(?-i:a)b/i
+ aB
+ 0: aB
+
+/((?-i:a))b/i
+ aB
+ 0: aB
+ 1: a
+
+/(?-i:a)b/i
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ Ab
+No match
+ AB
+No match
+
+/((?-i:a))b/i
+
+/((?-i:a.))b/i
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ AB
+No match
+ a\nB
+No match
+
+/((?s-i:a.))b/i
+ a\nB
+ 0: a\x0aB
+ 1: a\x0a
+
+/(?:c|d)(?:)(?:a(?:)(?:b)(?:b(?:))(?:b(?:)(?:b)))/
+ cabbbb
+ 0: cabbbb
+
+/(?:c|d)(?:)(?:aaaaaaaa(?:)(?:bbbbbbbb)(?:bbbbbbbb(?:))(?:bbbbbbbb(?:)(?:bbbbbbbb)))/
+ caaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
+ 0: caaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
+
+/(ab)\d\1/i
+ Ab4ab
+ 0: Ab4ab
+ 1: Ab
+ ab4Ab
+ 0: ab4Ab
+ 1: ab
+
+/foo\w*\d{4}baz/
+ foobar1234baz
+ 0: foobar1234baz
+
+/x(~~)*(?:(?:F)?)?/
+ x~~
+ 0: x~~
+ 1: ~~
+
+/^a(?#xxx){3}c/
+ aaac
+ 0: aaac
+
+/^a (?#xxx) (?#yyy) {3}c/x
+ aaac
+ 0: aaac
+
+/(?<![cd])b/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ B\nB
+No match
+ dbcb
+No match
+
+/(?<![cd])[ab]/
+ dbaacb
+ 0: a
+
+/(?<!(c|d))b/
+
+/(?<!(c|d))[ab]/
+ dbaacb
+ 0: a
+
+/(?<!cd)[ab]/
+ cdaccb
+ 0: b
+
+/^(?:a?b?)*$/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ dbcb
+No match
+ a--
+No match
+
+/((?s)^a(.))((?m)^b$)/
+ a\nb\nc\n
+ 0: a\x0ab
+ 1: a\x0a
+ 2: \x0a
+ 3: b
+
+/((?m)^b$)/
+ a\nb\nc\n
+ 0: b
+ 1: b
+
+/(?m)^b/
+ a\nb\n
+ 0: b
+
+/(?m)^(b)/
+ a\nb\n
+ 0: b
+ 1: b
+
+/((?m)^b)/
+ a\nb\n
+ 0: b
+ 1: b
+
+/\n((?m)^b)/
+ a\nb\n
+ 0: \x0ab
+ 1: b
+
+/((?s).)c(?!.)/
+ a\nb\nc\n
+ 0: \x0ac
+ 1: \x0a
+ a\nb\nc\n
+ 0: \x0ac
+ 1: \x0a
+
+/((?s)b.)c(?!.)/
+ a\nb\nc\n
+ 0: b\x0ac
+ 1: b\x0a
+ a\nb\nc\n
+ 0: b\x0ac
+ 1: b\x0a
+
+/^b/
+
+/()^b/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ a\nb\nc\n
+No match
+ a\nb\nc\n
+No match
+
+/((?m)^b)/
+ a\nb\nc\n
+ 0: b
+ 1: b
+
+/(?(1)a|b)/
+
+/(?(1)b|a)/
+ a
+ 0: a
+
+/(x)?(?(1)a|b)/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ a
+No match
+ a
+No match
+
+/(x)?(?(1)b|a)/
+ a
+ 0: a
+
+/()?(?(1)b|a)/
+ a
+ 0: a
+
+/()(?(1)b|a)/
+
+/()?(?(1)a|b)/
+ a
+ 0: a
+ 1:
+
+/^(\()?blah(?(1)(\)))$/
+ (blah)
+ 0: (blah)
+ 1: (
+ 2: )
+ blah
+ 0: blah
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ a
+No match
+ blah)
+No match
+ (blah
+No match
+
+/^(\(+)?blah(?(1)(\)))$/
+ (blah)
+ 0: (blah)
+ 1: (
+ 2: )
+ blah
+ 0: blah
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ blah)
+No match
+ (blah
+No match
+
+/(?(?!a)a|b)/
+
+/(?(?!a)b|a)/
+ a
+ 0: a
+
+/(?(?=a)b|a)/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ a
+No match
+ a
+No match
+
+/(?(?=a)a|b)/
+ a
+ 0: a
+
+/(?=(a+?))(\1ab)/
+ aaab
+ 0: aab
+ 1: a
+ 2: aab
+
+/^(?=(a+?))\1ab/
+
+/(\w+:)+/
+ one:
+ 0: one:
+ 1: one:
+
+/$(?<=^(a))/
+ a
+ 0:
+ 1: a
+
+/(?=(a+?))(\1ab)/
+ aaab
+ 0: aab
+ 1: a
+ 2: aab
+
+/^(?=(a+?))\1ab/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ aaab
+No match
+ aaab
+No match
+
+/([\w:]+::)?(\w+)$/
+ abcd
+ 0: abcd
+ 1: <unset>
+ 2: abcd
+ xy:z:::abcd
+ 0: xy:z:::abcd
+ 1: xy:z:::
+ 2: abcd
+
+/^[^bcd]*(c+)/
+ aexycd
+ 0: aexyc
+ 1: c
+
+/(a*)b+/
+ caab
+ 0: aab
+ 1: aa
+
+/([\w:]+::)?(\w+)$/
+ abcd
+ 0: abcd
+ 1: <unset>
+ 2: abcd
+ xy:z:::abcd
+ 0: xy:z:::abcd
+ 1: xy:z:::
+ 2: abcd
+ *** Failers
+ 0: Failers
+ 1: <unset>
+ 2: Failers
+ abcd:
+No match
+ abcd:
+No match
+
+/^[^bcd]*(c+)/
+ aexycd
+ 0: aexyc
+ 1: c
+
+/(>a+)ab/
+
+/(?>a+)b/
+ aaab
+ 0: aaab
+
+/([[:]+)/
+ a:[b]:
+ 0: :[
+ 1: :[
+
+/([[=]+)/
+ a=[b]=
+ 0: =[
+ 1: =[
+
+/([[.]+)/
+ a.[b].
+ 0: .[
+ 1: .[
+
+/((?>a+)b)/
+ aaab
+ 0: aaab
+ 1: aaab
+
+/(?>(a+))b/
+ aaab
+ 0: aaab
+ 1: aaa
+
+/((?>[^()]+)|\([^()]*\))+/
+ ((abc(ade)ufh()()x
+ 0: abc(ade)ufh()()x
+ 1: x
+
+/a\Z/
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ aaab
+No match
+ a\nb\n
+No match
+
+/b\Z/
+ a\nb\n
+ 0: b
+
+/b\z/
+
+/b\Z/
+ a\nb
+ 0: b
+
+/b\z/
+ a\nb
+ 0: b
+ *** Failers
+No match
+
+/^(?>(?(1)\.|())[^\W_](?>[a-z0-9-]*[^\W_])?)+$/
+ a
+ 0: a
+ 1:
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+ 1:
+ a-b
+ 0: a-b
+ 1:
+ 0-9
+ 0: 0-9
+ 1:
+ a.b
+ 0: a.b
+ 1:
+ 5.6.7
+ 0: 5.6.7
+ 1:
+ the.quick.brown.fox
+ 0: the.quick.brown.fox
+ 1:
+ a100.b200.300c
+ 0: a100.b200.300c
+ 1:
+ 12-ab.1245
+ 0: 12-ab.1245
+ 1:
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ \
+No match
+ .a
+No match
+ -a
+No match
+ a-
+No match
+ a.
+No match
+ a_b
+No match
+ a.-
+No match
+ a..
+No match
+ ab..bc
+No match
+ the.quick.brown.fox-
+No match
+ the.quick.brown.fox.
+No match
+ the.quick.brown.fox_
+No match
+ the.quick.brown.fox+
+No match
+
+/(?>.*)(?<=(abcd|wxyz))/
+ alphabetabcd
+ 0: alphabetabcd
+ 1: abcd
+ endingwxyz
+ 0: endingwxyz
+ 1: wxyz
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ a rather long string that doesn't end with one of them
+No match
+
+/word (?>(?:(?!otherword)[a-zA-Z0-9]+ ){0,30})otherword/
+ word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark otherword
+ 0: word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark otherword
+ word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark
+No match
+
+/word (?>[a-zA-Z0-9]+ ){0,30}otherword/
+ word cat dog elephant mussel cow horse canary baboon snake shark the quick brown fox and the lazy dog and several other words getting close to thirty by now I hope
+No match
+
+/(?<=\d{3}(?!999))foo/
+ 999foo
+ 0: foo
+ 123999foo
+ 0: foo
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ 123abcfoo
+No match
+
+/(?<=(?!...999)\d{3})foo/
+ 999foo
+ 0: foo
+ 123999foo
+ 0: foo
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ 123abcfoo
+No match
+
+/(?<=\d{3}(?!999)...)foo/
+ 123abcfoo
+ 0: foo
+ 123456foo
+ 0: foo
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ 123999foo
+No match
+
+/(?<=\d{3}...)(?<!999)foo/
+ 123abcfoo
+ 0: foo
+ 123456foo
+ 0: foo
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ 123999foo
+No match
+
+/<a[\s]+href[\s]*=[\s]* # find <a href=
+ ([\"\'])? # find single or double quote
+ (?(1) (.*?)\1 | ([^\s]+)) # if quote found, match up to next matching
+ # quote, otherwise match up to next space
+/isx
+ <a href=abcd xyz
+ 0: <a href=abcd
+ 1: <unset>
+ 2: <unset>
+ 3: abcd
+ <a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
+ 0: <a href="abcd xyz pqr"
+ 1: "
+ 2: abcd xyz pqr
+ <a href=\'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
+ 0: <a href='abcd xyz pqr'
+ 1: '
+ 2: abcd xyz pqr
+
+/<a\s+href\s*=\s* # find <a href=
+ (["'])? # find single or double quote
+ (?(1) (.*?)\1 | (\S+)) # if quote found, match up to next matching
+ # quote, otherwise match up to next space
+/isx
+ <a href=abcd xyz
+ 0: <a href=abcd
+ 1: <unset>
+ 2: <unset>
+ 3: abcd
+ <a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
+ 0: <a href="abcd xyz pqr"
+ 1: "
+ 2: abcd xyz pqr
+ <a href = \'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
+ 0: <a href = 'abcd xyz pqr'
+ 1: '
+ 2: abcd xyz pqr
+
+/<a\s+href(?>\s*)=(?>\s*) # find <a href=
+ (["'])? # find single or double quote
+ (?(1) (.*?)\1 | (\S+)) # if quote found, match up to next matching
+ # quote, otherwise match up to next space
+/isx
+ <a href=abcd xyz
+ 0: <a href=abcd
+ 1: <unset>
+ 2: <unset>
+ 3: abcd
+ <a href=\"abcd xyz pqr\" cats
+ 0: <a href="abcd xyz pqr"
+ 1: "
+ 2: abcd xyz pqr
+ <a href = \'abcd xyz pqr\' cats
+ 0: <a href = 'abcd xyz pqr'
+ 1: '
+ 2: abcd xyz pqr
+
+/((Z)+|A)*/
+ ZABCDEFG
+ 0: ZA
+ 1: A
+ 2: Z
+
+/(Z()|A)*/
+ ZABCDEFG
+ 0: ZA
+ 1: A
+ 2:
+
+/(Z(())|A)*/
+ ZABCDEFG
+ 0: ZA
+ 1: A
+ 2:
+ 3:
+
+/((?>Z)+|A)*/
+ ZABCDEFG
+ 0: ZA
+ 1: A
+
+/((?>)+|A)*/
+ ZABCDEFG
+ 0:
+ 1:
+
+/a*/g
+ abbab
+ 0: a
+ 0:
+ 0:
+ 0: a
+ 0:
+ 0:
+
+/^[a-\d]/
+ abcde
+ 0: a
+ -things
+ 0: -
+ 0digit
+ 0: 0
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ bcdef
+No match
+
+/^[\d-a]/
+ abcde
+ 0: a
+ -things
+ 0: -
+ 0digit
+ 0: 0
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ bcdef
+No match
+
+/[[:space:]]+/
+ > \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
+ 0: \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b
+
+/[[:blank:]]+/
+ > \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
+ 0: \x09
+
+/[\s]+/
+ > \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
+ 0: \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d
+
+/\s+/
+ > \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d\x0b<
+ 0: \x09\x0a\x0c\x0d
+
+/a b/x
+ ab
+No match
+
+/(?!\A)x/m
+ a\nxb\n
+ 0: x
+
+/(?!^)x/m
+ a\nxb\n
+No match
+
+/abc\Qabc\Eabc/
+ abcabcabc
+ 0: abcabcabc
+
+/abc\Q(*+|\Eabc/
+ abc(*+|abc
+ 0: abc(*+|abc
+
+/ abc\Q abc\Eabc/x
+ abc abcabc
+ 0: abc abcabc
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ abcabcabc
+No match
+
+/abc#comment
+ \Q#not comment
+ literal\E/x
+ abc#not comment\n literal
+ 0: abc#not comment\x0a literal
+
+/abc#comment
+ \Q#not comment
+ literal/x
+ abc#not comment\n literal
+ 0: abc#not comment\x0a literal
+
+/abc#comment
+ \Q#not comment
+ literal\E #more comment
+ /x
+ abc#not comment\n literal
+ 0: abc#not comment\x0a literal
+
+/abc#comment
+ \Q#not comment
+ literal\E #more comment/x
+ abc#not comment\n literal
+ 0: abc#not comment\x0a literal
+
+/\Qabc\$xyz\E/
+ abc\\\$xyz
+ 0: abc\$xyz
+
+/\Qabc\E\$\Qxyz\E/
+ abc\$xyz
+ 0: abc$xyz
+
+/\Gabc/
+ abc
+ 0: abc
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ xyzabc
+No match
+
+/\Gabc./g
+ abc1abc2xyzabc3
+ 0: abc1
+ 0: abc2
+
+/abc./g
+ abc1abc2xyzabc3
+ 0: abc1
+ 0: abc2
+ 0: abc3
+
+/a(?x: b c )d/
+ XabcdY
+ 0: abcd
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ Xa b c d Y
+No match
+
+/((?x)x y z | a b c)/
+ XabcY
+ 0: abc
+ 1: abc
+ AxyzB
+ 0: xyz
+ 1: xyz
+
+/(?i)AB(?-i)C/
+ XabCY
+ 0: abC
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ XabcY
+No match
+
+/((?i)AB(?-i)C|D)E/
+ abCE
+ 0: abCE
+ 1: abC
+ DE
+ 0: DE
+ 1: D
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ abcE
+No match
+ abCe
+No match
+ dE
+No match
+ De
+No match
+
+/(.*)\d+\1/
+ abc123abc
+ 0: abc123abc
+ 1: abc
+ abc123bc
+ 0: bc123bc
+ 1: bc
+
+/(.*)\d+\1/s
+ abc123abc
+ 0: abc123abc
+ 1: abc
+ abc123bc
+ 0: bc123bc
+ 1: bc
+
+/((.*))\d+\1/
+ abc123abc
+ 0: abc123abc
+ 1: abc
+ 2: abc
+ abc123bc
+ 0: bc123bc
+ 1: bc
+ 2: bc
+
+/-- This tests for an IPv6 address in the form where it can have up to --/
+/-- eight components, one and only one of which is empty. This must be --/
+No match
+/-- an internal component. --/
+No match
+
+/^(?!:) # colon disallowed at start
+ (?: # start of item
+ (?: [0-9a-f]{1,4} | # 1-4 hex digits or
+ (?(1)0 | () ) ) # if null previously matched, fail; else null
+ : # followed by colon
+ ){1,7} # end item; 1-7 of them required
+ [0-9a-f]{1,4} $ # final hex number at end of string
+ (?(1)|.) # check that there was an empty component
+ /xi
+ a123::a123
+ 0: a123::a123
+ 1:
+ a123:b342::abcd
+ 0: a123:b342::abcd
+ 1:
+ a123:b342::324e:abcd
+ 0: a123:b342::324e:abcd
+ 1:
+ a123:ddde:b342::324e:abcd
+ 0: a123:ddde:b342::324e:abcd
+ 1:
+ a123:ddde:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
+ 0: a123:ddde:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
+ 1:
+ a123:ddde:9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
+ 0: a123:ddde:9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
+ 1:
+ *** Failers
+No match
+ 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
+No match
+ a123:bce:ddde:9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
+No match
+ a123::9999:b342::324e:dcba:abcd
+No match
+ abcde:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
+No match
+ ::1
+No match
+ abcd:fee0:123::
+No match
+ :1
+No match
+ 1:
+No match
+
+/[z\Qa-d]\E]/
+ z
+ 0: z
+ a
+ 0: a
+ -
+ 0: -
+ d
+ 0: d
+ ]
+ 0: ]
+ *** Failers
+ 0: a
+ b
+No match
+
+/[\z\C]/
+ z
+ 0: z
+ C
+ 0: C
+
+/\M/
+ M
+ 0: M
+
+/(a+)*b/
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
+No match
+
+/(?i)reg(?:ul(?:[aä]|ae)