Text.Regex.PCRE.ByteString.Utils

A module implementing regexp-based split and substitute.

>>> substituteCompile "(a+)" "lapin" "'\\1'"
Right "l'a'pin"

>>> splitCompile "\\d" "a1b2c3"
Right ["a","b","c"]

Documentation

substitute

Arguments

:: Regex

The regular expression, taken from a call to compile

-> ByteString

The source string

-> ByteString

The replacement string

-> IO (Either String ByteString)

Substitutes values matched by a Regex. References can be used.

It doesn't support anything else than global substitution for now ..

split

Arguments

:: Regex

The regular expression, taken from a call to compile

-> ByteString

The source string

-> IO (Either String [ByteString])

Splits strings, using a Regex as delimiter.

substituteCompile

Arguments

:: ByteString

The regular expression

-> ByteString

The source string

-> ByteString

The replacement string

-> IO (Either String ByteString)

Compiles the regular expression (using default options) and substitutes

splitCompile

Arguments

:: ByteString

The regular expression

-> ByteString

The source string

-> IO (Either String [ByteString])

Compiles the regular expression (using default options) and splits.