[ANN] TextualRegexp 1.0.0 Released

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TextualRegexp version 1.0.0 has been released!

* <by Ari Brown and Robert Kremme>
* <http://texrex.rubyforge.com>

## FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

Incompatible with 1.9, as far as we know. Technically, it supports everything current RegExp does.

## SYNOPSIS:

Password = TextualRegexp.new do
   anchor :beginning

   group :capture do
     any :letter
     repeat(4..13) do
       any :char
     end
     any :digit
   end
end

Or the ever-loved email address....

   Email = TextualRegexp.new do
     anchor :beginning

     group :capture do
       at_least_once { any "a-z" + "0-9" + "_" + "." }
     end

     literal "@"

     group :capture do
       repeat(1..4) do
         at_least_once { any "a-z" + "0-9" + "_" }
         literal "."
       end
       any %w{com edu org co.uk com.au}
     end
   end

Changes:

## 1.0.0 / 2007-09-06

* 1 major enhancement
   * Birthday!

* <by Ari Brown and Robert Kremme>
* <http://texrex.rubyforge.com>

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~ Ari
crap my sig won't fit

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heheh. cool. I could have named it TRex though :slight_smile:
downloading now...
thanks for textualregexp -botp

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On 9/8/07, Ari Brown <ari@aribrown.com> wrote:

TextualRegexp version 1.0.0 has been released!
* <by Ari Brown and Robert Kremme>

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Oh, and don't forget -

require "rubygems"
require "textual_regexp"

Have fun!
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~ Ari
crap my sig won't fit

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Interesting.
I'll try it later today!
Maybe this will cut down on always looking up RegEx rules and avoiding RegExes as much as possible!!
On first glance, it seems a bit verbose, but I'll give it a try in TextMate. (you might consider creating a TM Bundle for it, pretty easy to do. And since E-Text Editor for windows uses TM Bundles as well, it could be useful! Concise typing with Human Readable Content!!)

Glad you guys took the initiative from that thread a few weeks ago!

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On Sep 8, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Ari Brown wrote:

Oh, and don't forget -

require "rubygems"
require "textual_regexp"

Have fun!
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~ Ari
crap my sig won't fit