Andrew C. Greenberg wrote:
> 
>         I have just finished a preliminary version of a plugin
> linking Sqeueak to the most recent version of Philip Hazel's
> excellent PCRE regular expressions library.  (The Python Regular
> Expression functionality was derived from an earlier version of this
> library.)
> 
> The following examples are illustrative:
> 
>         'a.*c' reSearch: 'xxxxxxxxx'
> 
>                         evaluates to:   nil
> 
>         ('a.*c' reSearch: 'xxxaxxxcxxx') match
> 
>                         evaluates to:   'axxxc'
> 
>         ('a(.*)c' reSearch: 'xxxxabbbbcxxx') matchAt: 1
> 
>                         evalutates to:  'bbbb'
> 
>         ('\w+' reGsearch: 'this is a test' ) collect: [:m | m match]
> 
>                         evaluates to:
>                         OrderedCollection ('this' 'is' 'a' 'test' )
> 
>         '\w+' reGsearch: 'this is a test' sub: [:m | '<', (m match), '>']
> 
>                         evaluates to:   '<this> <is> <a> <test>'
> 
> To install the plugin:
> 
>         (1) download and unpack:
> 
>                 ftp://ftp.gate.net/pub/users/werdna/rePluginMacPPC2.3a.sit
> 
>         (2) Copy the changeset, the plugin and the file entitled
> 'regular expressions' to your squeak directory.
> 
>         (3) Start squeak and fileIn the changeset.  There is some
> documentation in the comments for classes ReMatch and RePattern.  A
> more complete discussion of the regular expressions used in the
> library can be found by executing the following:
> 
>         (FileStream oldFileNamed: 'Regular Expressions') edit
> 
> The published plugin is setup for Mac PPC only at this time.  I
> believe it should be fairly straightforward to port it to other
> platforms, and would be pleased to encourage and assist anyone who
> wishes to do so.


I would give it a try if someone would provide a compressed tar package
....

Markus

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