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C Regex multiple matches and groups example
# gcc -Wall -o match match.c && ./match
#
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <regex.h>
int main ()
{
char * source = "___ abc123def ___ ghi456 ___";
char * regexString = "[a-z]*([0-9]+)([a-z]*)";
size_t maxMatches = 2;
size_t maxGroups = 3;
regex_t regexCompiled;
regmatch_t groupArray[maxGroups];
unsigned int m;
char * cursor;
if (regcomp(&regexCompiled, regexString, REG_EXTENDED))
{
printf("Could not compile regular expression.\n");
return 1;
};
m = 0;
cursor = source;
for (m = 0; m < maxMatches; m ++)
{
if (regexec(&regexCompiled, cursor, maxGroups, groupArray, 0))
break; // No more matches
unsigned int g = 0;
unsigned int offset = 0;
for (g = 0; g < maxGroups; g++)
{
if (groupArray[g].rm_so == (size_t)-1)
break; // No more groups
if (g == 0)
offset = groupArray[g].rm_eo;
char cursorCopy[strlen(cursor) + 1];
strcpy(cursorCopy, cursor);
cursorCopy[groupArray[g].rm_eo] = 0;
printf("Match %u, Group %u: [%2u-%2u]: %s\n",
m, g, groupArray[g].rm_so, groupArray[g].rm_eo,
cursorCopy + groupArray[g].rm_so);
}
cursor += offset;
}
regfree(&regexCompiled);
return 0;
}
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