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Pyparsing regex parser to detect partial matches
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| # | |
| # pyparsing script to convert a regular expression into a pyparsing parser, and detect partial matches | |
| # Supports: | |
| # - *, +, {n} and {m,n} repetition | |
| # - ? optional elements | |
| # - [] character ranges | |
| # - () grouping | |
| # - | alternation | |
| # | |
| import pyparsing as pp | |
| pp.ParserElement.enable_packrat() | |
| # partial match detectors | |
| partial_match_end = pp.StringEnd() + pp.Tag("partial") | |
| partial_match_end.set_name("<PARTIAL>") | |
| maybe_partial_match = partial_match_end | "" | |
| maybe_partial_match.set_name("<PARTIAL?>") | |
| def handle_range(toks): | |
| return pp.Char(pp.srange(toks[0])).set_name(toks[0]) | |
| def handle_repetition(toks): | |
| toks = toks[0] | |
| expr, *_, rep = toks | |
| maybe_partial_expr = (maybe_partial_match + expr).set_name(str(expr)) | |
| if rep == "+": | |
| return expr + pp.ZeroOrMore(maybe_partial_expr) | |
| if rep == "*": | |
| return (expr + pp.ZeroOrMore(maybe_partial_expr)) | "" | |
| if rep == "?": | |
| return expr | "" | |
| if "count" in toks: | |
| icount = int(toks.count) | |
| return expr + maybe_partial_expr * (icount - 1) | |
| if "minCount" in toks: | |
| mincount = int(toks.minCount) | |
| maxcount = int(toks.maxCount) | |
| optcount = maxcount - mincount | |
| return expr + maybe_partial_expr* (mincount - 1) + expr * (0, optcount) | |
| def handle_literal(toks): | |
| lit = "" | |
| for t in toks: | |
| if t[0] == "\\": | |
| if t[1] == "t": | |
| lit += "\t" | |
| else: | |
| lit += t[1] | |
| else: | |
| lit += t | |
| return pp.Literal(lit) | |
| def handle_macro(toks): | |
| macro_char = toks[0][1] | |
| if macro_char == "d": | |
| return pp.Char("0123456789").set_name("[0-9]") | |
| elif macro_char == "w": | |
| return pp.Char(pp.srange("[A-Za-z0-9_]")).set_name("[A-Za-z0-9_]") | |
| elif macro_char == "s": | |
| return pp.White(" ") | |
| else: | |
| raise pp.ParseFatalException( | |
| "", 0, "unsupported macro character (" + macro_char + ")" | |
| ) | |
| def handle_sequence(toks): | |
| return ( | |
| toks[0][0] + pp.And((partial_match_end | expr).set_name(str(expr)) for expr in toks[0][1:]) | |
| ).streamline() | |
| def handle_dot(): | |
| return pp.Char(pp.printables + " ").set_name(pp.util._collapse_string_to_ranges(pp.printables + " ")) | |
| def handle_alternative(toks): | |
| return pp.Or(toks[0]) | |
| class PartialMatcher: | |
| def __init__(self, regex: str): | |
| self.regex = regex | |
| self.parser = self._make_parser() | |
| try: | |
| self.matcher = self.parser.parse_string(self.regex)[0].streamline() | |
| self.matcher.add_parse_action("".join) | |
| except pp.ParseException as pe: | |
| print(pe.explain()) | |
| def _make_parser(self) -> pp.ParserElement: | |
| pp.ParserElement.set_default_whitespace_chars("") | |
| lbrack, rbrack, lbrace, rbrace, lparen, rparen, colon, qmark, comma = pp.Literal.using_each( | |
| "[]{}():?," | |
| ) | |
| re_macro = pp.Combine("\\" + pp.one_of("d w s")).set_name(r"\[dws]") | |
| printable_chars = pp.one_of(list(pp.printables)).set_name(f"W:{pp.util._collapse_string_to_ranges(pp.printables)}") | |
| escaped_char = ~re_macro + pp.Combine("\\" + printable_chars) | |
| literal_chars = ( | |
| [*(c for c in pp.printables if c not in r"\[]{}().*?+|"), " ", "\t"] | |
| ) | |
| re_literal_char = pp.one_of(literal_chars).set_name(f"W:{pp.util._collapse_string_to_ranges(literal_chars)}") | |
| re_range = pp.Combine(lbrack + pp.SkipTo(rbrack, ignore=escaped_char) + rbrack) # type: ignore | |
| re_literal = escaped_char | re_literal_char | |
| re_non_capture_group = pp.Suppress("?:") | |
| re_dot = pp.Literal(".") | |
| re_int = pp.Word(pp.nums) | |
| repetition = ( | |
| (lbrace.suppress() + re_int("count") + rbrace.suppress()) | |
| | (lbrace.suppress() + re_int("minCount") + comma.suppress() + re_int("maxCount") + rbrace.suppress()) | |
| | pp.one_of(list("*+?")) | |
| ) | |
| re_range.add_parse_action(handle_range) | |
| re_literal.add_parse_action(handle_literal) | |
| re_macro.add_parse_action(handle_macro) | |
| re_dot.add_parse_action(handle_dot) | |
| re_term = re_literal | re_range | re_macro | re_dot | re_non_capture_group | |
| pp.autoname_elements() | |
| re_expr = pp.infix_notation( | |
| re_term, | |
| [ | |
| (repetition, 1, pp.OpAssoc.LEFT, handle_repetition), | |
| (pp.Empty(), 2, pp.OpAssoc.LEFT, handle_sequence), | |
| (pp.Suppress("|"), 2, pp.OpAssoc.LEFT, handle_alternative), | |
| ], | |
| ) | |
| _parser = re_expr | |
| return _parser.set_name("_parser") | |
| def main(): | |
| matcher = PartialMatcher(r"\w+(\.\w+)*@\w+(\.\w+)+") | |
| # print(matcher.matcher) | |
| # matcher.parser.create_diagram("partial_regex_match_diagram.html", show_results_names=True) | |
| tests = (r""" | |
| john | |
| john.doe@ | |
| john.doe@blah | |
| john.doe@blah.com | |
| john.doe@mail.blah.com | |
| john@mail.blah.com | |
| john..doe@mail.blah.com | |
| """.splitlines()) | |
| for t in tests: | |
| t = t.strip() | |
| if not t: | |
| continue | |
| print(t, end=" ") | |
| try: | |
| result = matcher.matcher.parse_string(t, parse_all=True) | |
| if result.partial: | |
| print(f"-> PARTIAL ({result.as_list()})") | |
| else: | |
| print(f"-> COMPLETE ({result.as_list()})") | |
| except pp.ParseException as pe: | |
| print("-> INVALID") | |
| print(pe.explain()) | |
| print() | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| main() |
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