Jupe Parsing.coffee

regexps = [
  regexp: /`([^`]*)`/g
  flag: 'code'
,
  regexp: /\*\*([^\*]*)\*\*/g
  flag: 'bold'
,
  regexp: /\*([^\*]*)\*/g
  flag: 'em'
,
  regexp: /_([^_]*)_/g
  flag: 'underline'
,
  regexp: /#(\d*[a-zA-Z_]+)/g
  flag: 'channel'
]

parse = (str) ->
  charmap = str.split('').map (e,i) ->
    return
      character: e
      flags: []

  for regexp in regexps
    if matches = str.match regexp.regexp
      for match in matches
        matchIndex = str.indexOf match
        charmap[matchIndex].flags.push 'initial'
        charmap[matchIndex + match.length - 1].flags.push 'terminal'

        for i in [matchIndex..(matchIndex + match.length)]
          charmap[i].flags.push regexp.flag

  console.log charmap

parse '`this` is a *_test_* this is a #channel'

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 ***** OUTPUT *****
 
[ { character: '`', flags: [ 'initial', 'code' ] },
  { character: 't', flags: [ 'code' ] },
  { character: 'h', flags: [ 'code' ] },
  { character: 'i', flags: [ 'code' ] },
  { character: 's', flags: [ 'code' ] },
  { character: '`', flags: [ 'terminal', 'code' ] },
  { character: ' ', flags: [] },
  { character: 'i', flags: [] },
  { character: 's', flags: [] },
  { character: ' ', flags: [] },
  { character: 'a', flags: [] },
  { character: ' ', flags: [] },
  { character: '*', flags: [ 'initial', 'em' ] },
  { character: '_', flags: [ 'em', 'initial', 'underline' ] },
  { character: 't', flags: [ 'em', 'underline' ] },
  { character: 'e', flags: [ 'em', 'underline' ] },
  { character: 's', flags: [ 'em', 'underline' ] },
  { character: 't', flags: [ 'em', 'underline' ] },
  { character: '_', flags: [ 'em', 'terminal', 'underline' ] },
  { character: '*', flags: [ 'terminal', 'em' ] },
  { character: ' ', flags: [] },
  { character: 't', flags: [] },
  { character: 'h', flags: [] },
  { character: 'i', flags: [] },
  { character: 's', flags: [] },
  { character: ' ', flags: [] },
  { character: 'i', flags: [] },
  { character: 's', flags: [] },
  { character: ' ', flags: [] },
  { character: 'a', flags: [] },
  { character: ' ', flags: [] },
  { character: '#', flags: [ 'initial', 'channel' ] },
  { character: 'c', flags: [ 'channel' ] },
  { character: 'h', flags: [ 'channel' ] },
  { character: 'a', flags: [ 'channel' ] },
  { character: 'n', flags: [ 'channel' ] },
  { character: 'n', flags: [ 'channel' ] },
  { character: 'e', flags: [ 'channel' ] },
  { character: 'l', flags: [ 'terminal', 'channel' ] } ]
 
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