simplematch
Minimal, super readable string pattern matching for python.
import simplematch
simplematch.match("He* {planet}!", "Hello World!")
>>> {"planet": "World"}
simplematch.match("It* {temp:float}°C *", "It's -10.2°C outside!")
>>> {"temp": -10.2}Installation
pip install simplematch
(Or just drop the simplematch.py file in your project.)
Syntax
simplematch has only two syntax elements:
- wildcard
* - capture group
{name}
Capture groups can be named ({name}), unnamed ({}) and typed ({name:float}).
The following types are available:
intfloatemailurlipv4ipv6bitcoinssn(social security number)ccard(matches Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB)
For now, only named capture groups can be typed.
Then use one of these functions:
import simplematch
simplematch.match(pattern, string) # -> returns a `dict` on match, `None` otherwise.
simplematch.test(pattern, string) # -> returns `True` on match, `False` otherwise.Or use a Matcher object:
import simplematch as sm
matcher = sm.Matcher(pattern)
matcher.match(string) # -> returns a dict or None
matcher.test(string) # -> returns True / False
matcher.regex # -> shows the generated regexBasic usage
import simplematch as sm
# extracting data
sm.match(
pattern="Invoice_*_{year}_{month}_{day}.pdf",
string="Invoice_RE2321_2021_01_15.pdf")
>>> {"year": "2021", "month": "01", "day": "15"}
# test match only
sm.test("ABC-{value:int}", "ABC-13")
>>> TrueTyped matches
import simplematch as sm
matcher = sm.Matcher("{year:int}-{month:int}: {value:float}")
# extracting data
matcher.match("2021-01: -12.786")
>>> {"year": 2021, "month": 1, "value": -12.786}
# month is no integer -> no match and return `None`.
matcher.match("2021-AB: Hello")
>>> None
# no extraction, only test for match
matcher.test("1234-01: 123.123")
>>> True
# show generated regular expression
matcher.regex
>>> '^(?P<year>[+-]?[0-9]+)\\-(?P<month>[+-]?[0-9]+):\\ (?P<value>[+-]?(?:[0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+)$'
# show registered converters
matcher.converters
>>> {'year': <class 'int'>, 'month': <class 'int'>, 'value': <class 'float'>}Register your own types
You can register your own types to be available for the {name:type} matching syntax
with the register_type function.
simplematch.register_type(name, regex, converter=str)
nameis the name to use in the matching syntaxregexis a regular expression to match your typeconverteris a callable to convert a match (strby default)
Example
Register a smiley type to detect smileys (:), :(, :/) and getting their moods:
import simplematch as sm
def mood_convert(smiley):
moods = {
":)": "good",
":(": "bad",
":/": "sceptic",
}
return moods.get(smiley, "unknown")
sm.register_type("smiley", r":[\)\(\/]", mood_convert)
sm.match("I'm feeling {mood:smiley} *", "I'm feeling :) today!")
>>> {"mood": "good"}Background
simplematch aims to fill a gap between parsing with str.split() and regular
expressions. It should be as simple as possible, fast and stable.
The simplematch syntax is transpiled to regular expressions under the hood, so
matching performance should be just as good.
I hope you get some good use out of this!
Contributions
Contributions are welcome! Just submit a PR and maybe get in touch with me via email before big changes.