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Boost.Regex

Index

Contents

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Configuration and setup

Installation

Building with bjam (preferred)

Building with Unicode/ICU support

Building via Makefiles

Borland C++ Builder
Microsoft Visual C++
GNU G++
Sun Forte Compiler
Other compilers

Backgrounders

Regular Expression Syntax

Perl Regular Expressions
POSIX-Extended Regular Expressions
POSIX-Basic Regular Expressions

Format String Syntax

Perl Format Syntax
Sed Format Syntax
Boost-Extended Format Syntax

Partial matches: matches against incomplete or infinitely long texts

Understanding Captures

Unicode Support (requires ICU)

Working With Non-Standard String Types

MFC/ATL Strings
ICU Strings

Reference

Types

syntax_option_type
error_type
match_flag_type
class regex_error
class regex_traits
class template basic_regex
class template sub_match
class template match_results

Algorithms

regex_match
regex_search
regex_replace

Iterators

regex_iterator
regex_token_iterator

Typedefs

regex [ = basic_regex<char> ]
wregex [ = basic_regex<wchar_t> ]
cmatch [ = match_results<const char*> ]
wcmatch [ = match_results<const wchar_t*> ]
smatch [ = match_results<std::string::const_iterator> ]
wsmatch [ = match_results<std::wstring::const_iterator> ]
cregex_iterator [ = regex_iterator<const char*>]
wcregex_iterator [ = regex_iterator<const wchar_t*>]
sregex_iterator [ = regex_iterator<std::string::const_iterator>]
wsregex_iterator [ = regex_iterator<std::wstring::const_iterator>]
cregex_token_iterator [ = regex_token_iterator<const char*>]
wcregex_token_iterator [ = regex_token_iterator<const wchar_t*>]
sregex_token_iterator [ = regex_token_iterator<std::string::const_iterator>]
wsregex_token_iterator [ = regex_token_iterator<std::wstring::const_iterator>]

Deprecated interfaces

POSIX API Compatibility Functions
class regbase
class template reg_expression
Algorithm regex_grep
Algorithm regex_format
Algorithm regex_merge
Algorithm regex_split
class RegEx

Appendix

Implementation
Thread Safety
Localisation
Examples
Headers
Redistributables and Library Names
Standards Conformance
History
Performance
Contacts and Acknowledgements

Revised 24 June 2004

© Copyright John Maddock 1998- 2004

Use, modification and distribution are subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)