func IsWordChar(r rune) bool
IsWordChar reports whether r is considered a “word character” during the evaluation of the \b and \B zero-width assertions. These assertions are ASCII-only: the word characters are [A-Za-z0-9_].
An EmptyOp specifies a kind or mixture of zero-width assertions.
type EmptyOp uint8
const (
    EmptyBeginLine EmptyOp = 1 << iota
    EmptyEndLine
    EmptyBeginText
    EmptyEndText
    EmptyWordBoundary
    EmptyNoWordBoundary
)
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
				func EmptyOpContext(r1, r2 rune) EmptyOp
EmptyOpContext returns the zero-width assertions satisfied at the position between the runes r1 and r2. Passing r1 == -1 indicates that the position is at the beginning of the text. Passing r2 == -1 indicates that the position is at the end of the text.
An Error describes a failure to parse a regular expression and gives the offending expression.
type Error struct {
    Code ErrorCode
    Expr string
}
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
				func (e *Error) Error() string
An ErrorCode describes a failure to parse a regular expression.
type ErrorCode string
const (
    // Unexpected error
    ErrInternalError ErrorCode = "regexp/syntax: internal error"
    // Parse errors
    ErrInvalidCharClass      ErrorCode = "invalid character class"
    ErrInvalidCharRange      ErrorCode = "invalid character class range"
    ErrInvalidEscape         ErrorCode = "invalid escape sequence"
    ErrInvalidNamedCapture   ErrorCode = "invalid named capture"
    ErrInvalidPerlOp         ErrorCode = "invalid or unsupported Perl syntax"
    ErrInvalidRepeatOp       ErrorCode = "invalid nested repetition operator"
    ErrInvalidRepeatSize     ErrorCode = "invalid repeat count"
    ErrInvalidUTF8           ErrorCode = "invalid UTF-8"
    ErrMissingBracket        ErrorCode = "missing closing ]"
    ErrMissingParen          ErrorCode = "missing closing )"
    ErrMissingRepeatArgument ErrorCode = "missing argument to repetition operator"
    ErrTrailingBackslash     ErrorCode = "trailing backslash at end of expression"
    ErrUnexpectedParen       ErrorCode = "unexpected )"
    ErrNestingDepth          ErrorCode = "expression nests too deeply"
    ErrLarge                 ErrorCode = "expression too large"
)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
				func (e ErrorCode) String() string
Flags control the behavior of the parser and record information about regexp context.
type Flags uint16
const (
    FoldCase      Flags = 1 << iota // case-insensitive match
    Literal                         // treat pattern as literal string
    ClassNL                         // allow character classes like [^a-z] and [[:space:]] to match newline
    DotNL                           // allow . to match newline
    OneLine                         // treat ^ and $ as only matching at beginning and end of text
    NonGreedy                       // make repetition operators default to non-greedy
    PerlX                           // allow Perl extensions
    UnicodeGroups                   // allow \p{Han}, \P{Han} for Unicode group and negation
    WasDollar                       // regexp OpEndText was $, not \z
    Simple                          // regexp contains no counted repetition
    MatchNL = ClassNL | DotNL
    Perl        = ClassNL | OneLine | PerlX | UnicodeGroups // as close to Perl as possible
    POSIX Flags = 0                                         // POSIX syntax
)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
		
			
			
			An Inst is a single instruction in a regular expression program.
type Inst struct {
    Op   InstOp
    Out  uint32 // all but InstMatch, InstFail
    Arg  uint32 // InstAlt, InstAltMatch, InstCapture, InstEmptyWidth
    Rune []rune
}
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
				func (i *Inst) MatchEmptyWidth(before rune, after rune) bool
MatchEmptyWidth reports whether the instruction matches an empty string between the runes before and after. It should only be called when i.Op == InstEmptyWidth.
func (i *Inst) MatchRune(r rune) bool
MatchRune reports whether the instruction matches (and consumes) r. It should only be called when i.Op == InstRune.
func (i *Inst) MatchRunePos(r rune) int
MatchRunePos checks whether the instruction matches (and consumes) r. If so, MatchRunePos returns the index of the matching rune pair (or, when len(i.Rune) == 1, rune singleton). If not, MatchRunePos returns -1. MatchRunePos should only be called when i.Op == InstRune.
func (i *Inst) String() string
An InstOp is an instruction opcode.
type InstOp uint8
const (
    InstAlt InstOp = iota
    InstAltMatch
    InstCapture
    InstEmptyWidth
    InstMatch
    InstFail
    InstNop
    InstRune
    InstRune1
    InstRuneAny
    InstRuneAnyNotNL
)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
				func (i InstOp) String() string
An Op is a single regular expression operator.
type Op uint8
const (
    OpNoMatch        Op = 1 + iota // matches no strings
    OpEmptyMatch                   // matches empty string
    OpLiteral                      // matches Runes sequence
    OpCharClass                    // matches Runes interpreted as range pair list
    OpAnyCharNotNL                 // matches any character except newline
    OpAnyChar                      // matches any character
    OpBeginLine                    // matches empty string at beginning of line
    OpEndLine                      // matches empty string at end of line
    OpBeginText                    // matches empty string at beginning of text
    OpEndText                      // matches empty string at end of text
    OpWordBoundary                 // matches word boundary `\b`
    OpNoWordBoundary               // matches word non-boundary `\B`
    OpCapture                      // capturing subexpression with index Cap, optional name Name
    OpStar                         // matches Sub[0] zero or more times
    OpPlus                         // matches Sub[0] one or more times
    OpQuest                        // matches Sub[0] zero or one times
    OpRepeat                       // matches Sub[0] at least Min times, at most Max (Max == -1 is no limit)
    OpConcat                       // matches concatenation of Subs
    OpAlternate                    // matches alternation of Subs
)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
				func (i Op) String() string
A Prog is a compiled regular expression program.
type Prog struct {
    Inst   []Inst
    Start  int // index of start instruction
    NumCap int // number of InstCapture insts in re
}
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
				func Compile(re *Regexp) (*Prog, error)
Compile compiles the regexp into a program to be executed. The regexp should have been simplified already (returned from re.Simplify).
func (p *Prog) Prefix() (prefix string, complete bool)
Prefix returns a literal string that all matches for the regexp must start with. Complete is true if the prefix is the entire match.
func (p *Prog) StartCond() EmptyOp
StartCond returns the leading empty-width conditions that must be true in any match. It returns ^EmptyOp(0) if no matches are possible.
func (p *Prog) String() string
A Regexp is a node in a regular expression syntax tree.
type Regexp struct {
    Op       Op // operator
    Flags    Flags
    Sub      []*Regexp  // subexpressions, if any
    Sub0     [1]*Regexp // storage for short Sub
    Rune     []rune     // matched runes, for OpLiteral, OpCharClass
    Rune0    [2]rune    // storage for short Rune
    Min, Max int        // min, max for OpRepeat
    Cap      int        // capturing index, for OpCapture
    Name     string     // capturing name, for OpCapture
}
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
				func Parse(s string, flags Flags) (*Regexp, error)
Parse parses a regular expression string s, controlled by the specified Flags, and returns a regular expression parse tree. The syntax is described in the top-level comment.
func (re *Regexp) CapNames() []string
CapNames walks the regexp to find the names of capturing groups.
func (x *Regexp) Equal(y *Regexp) bool
Equal reports whether x and y have identical structure.
func (re *Regexp) MaxCap() int
MaxCap walks the regexp to find the maximum capture index.
func (re *Regexp) Simplify() *Regexp
Simplify returns a regexp equivalent to re but without counted repetitions and with various other simplifications, such as rewriting /(?:a+)+/ to /a+/. The resulting regexp will execute correctly but its string representation will not produce the same parse tree, because capturing parentheses may have been duplicated or removed. For example, the simplified form for /(x){1,2}/ is /(x)(x)?/ but both parentheses capture as $1. The returned regexp may share structure with or be the original.
func (re *Regexp) String() string