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<h1 class='fqn'><span class='in-band'>Crate <a class='mod' href=''>regex_syntax</a></span><span class='out-of-band'><span id='render-detail'>
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<div class='docblock'><p>This crate provides a regular expression parser and an abstract syntax for
regular expressions. The abstract syntax is defined by the <code>Expr</code> type. The
concrete syntax is enumerated in the
<a href="../regex/index.html#syntax"><code>regex</code></a>
crate documentation.</p>

<p>Note that since this crate is first and foremost an implementation detail for
the <code>regex</code> crate, it may experience more frequent breaking changes. It is
exposed as a separate crate so that others may use it to do analysis on regular
expressions or even build their own matching engine.</p>

<h1 id="example:-parsing-an-expression" class='section-header'><a
                           href="#example:-parsing-an-expression">Example: parsing an expression</a></h1>
<p>Parsing a regular expression can be done with the <code>Expr::parse</code> function.</p>
<pre class='rust rust-example-rendered'>
<span class='kw'>use</span> <span class='ident'>regex_syntax</span>::<span class='ident'>Expr</span>;

<span class='macro'>assert_eq</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>Expr</span>::<span class='ident'>parse</span>(<span class='string'>r&quot;ab|yz&quot;</span>).<span class='ident'>unwrap</span>(), <span class='ident'>Expr</span>::<span class='ident'>Alternate</span>(<span class='macro'>vec</span><span class='macro'>!</span>[
    <span class='ident'>Expr</span>::<span class='ident'>Literal</span> { <span class='ident'>chars</span>: <span class='macro'>vec</span><span class='macro'>!</span>[<span class='string'>&#39;a&#39;</span>, <span class='string'>&#39;b&#39;</span>], <span class='ident'>casei</span>: <span class='boolval'>false</span> },
    <span class='ident'>Expr</span>::<span class='ident'>Literal</span> { <span class='ident'>chars</span>: <span class='macro'>vec</span><span class='macro'>!</span>[<span class='string'>&#39;y&#39;</span>, <span class='string'>&#39;z&#39;</span>], <span class='ident'>casei</span>: <span class='boolval'>false</span> },
]));
</pre>

<h1 id="example:-inspecting-an-error" class='section-header'><a
                           href="#example:-inspecting-an-error">Example: inspecting an error</a></h1>
<p>The parser in this crate provides very detailed error values. For example,
if an invalid character class range is given:</p>
<pre class='rust rust-example-rendered'>
<span class='kw'>use</span> <span class='ident'>regex_syntax</span>::{<span class='ident'>Expr</span>, <span class='ident'>ErrorKind</span>};

<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>err</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>Expr</span>::<span class='ident'>parse</span>(<span class='string'>r&quot;[z-a]&quot;</span>).<span class='ident'>unwrap_err</span>();
<span class='macro'>assert_eq</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>err</span>.<span class='ident'>position</span>(), <span class='number'>4</span>);
<span class='macro'>assert_eq</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>err</span>.<span class='ident'>kind</span>(), <span class='kw-2'>&amp;</span><span class='ident'>ErrorKind</span>::<span class='ident'>InvalidClassRange</span> {
    <span class='ident'>start</span>: <span class='string'>&#39;z&#39;</span>,
    <span class='ident'>end</span>: <span class='string'>&#39;a&#39;</span>,
});
</pre>

<p>Or unbalanced parentheses:</p>
<pre class='rust rust-example-rendered'>
<span class='kw'>use</span> <span class='ident'>regex_syntax</span>::{<span class='ident'>Expr</span>, <span class='ident'>ErrorKind</span>};

<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>err</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>Expr</span>::<span class='ident'>parse</span>(<span class='string'>r&quot;ab(cd&quot;</span>).<span class='ident'>unwrap_err</span>();
<span class='macro'>assert_eq</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>err</span>.<span class='ident'>position</span>(), <span class='number'>2</span>);
<span class='macro'>assert_eq</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>err</span>.<span class='ident'>kind</span>(), <span class='kw-2'>&amp;</span><span class='ident'>ErrorKind</span>::<span class='ident'>UnclosedParen</span>);
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</div><h2 id='structs' class='section-header'><a href="#structs">Structs</a></h2>
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                        <td><a class='struct' href='struct.CharClass.html'
                               title='regex_syntax::CharClass'>CharClass</a></td>
                        <td class='docblock short'>
                             <p>A character class.</p>

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                        <td><a class='struct' href='struct.ClassRange.html'
                               title='regex_syntax::ClassRange'>ClassRange</a></td>
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                             <p>A single inclusive range in a character class.</p>

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                               title='regex_syntax::Error'>Error</a></td>
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                             <p>A parse error.</p>

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                        <td><a class='enum' href='enum.ErrorKind.html'
                               title='regex_syntax::ErrorKind'>ErrorKind</a></td>
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                             <p>The specific type of parse error that can occur.</p>

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                        <td><a class='enum' href='enum.Expr.html'
                               title='regex_syntax::Expr'>Expr</a></td>
                        <td class='docblock short'>
                             <p>A regular expression abstract syntax tree.</p>

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                               title='regex_syntax::Repeater'>Repeater</a></td>
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                             <p>The type of a repeat operator expression.</p>

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                        <td><a class='fn' href='fn.quote.html'
                               title='regex_syntax::quote'>quote</a></td>
                        <td class='docblock short'>
                             <p>Escapes all regular expression meta characters in <code>text</code>.</p>

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                        <td><a class='type' href='type.Result.html'
                               title='regex_syntax::Result'>Result</a></td>
                        <td class='docblock short'>
                             <p>An alias for computations that can return a <code>Error</code>.</p>

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