unicode@Unicode.ORG wrote:
>
> Mark> We did have to expand the normal syntax; the direction we chose was
> Mark> to allow positive or negative matches against unicode character
> Mark> properties within a character range list. (I think we also
> Mark> considered adding block names.)
>
> Indeed. I made up the "\p" and "\P" constructs which, followed by a list of
> character property numbers, expands into an appropriate character class.
>
> For example, the RE construct (assuming 7 == decimal digits and 15 == currency
> symbols) "\p7,15" would expand into a character class containing all decimal
> digits and currency symbols, and "\P7,15" would expand to every character
> *except* the decimal digits and currency numbers. Their appearance within
> *another* character class means they are unioned with the other characters
> contained in the class.
>
> A bit awkward syntactically, but it provides very fine control over matching.
> Character classes can be specified in the usual RE manner containing ranges
> specified as the UCS2 codes themselves or in Java form, \uXXXX.
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I don't remember the precise syntax off hand, but it was functionally
something like:
range := [exp(,exp)*{!exp(,exp)*}]
exp := unichar1-unichar2 // all characters within the range
exp := @category // e.g. Pc (closing punctuation) or Sc (currency
symbols)
exp := @majorCategory // e.g. P (any punctuation) or S (any symbols)
...
! means "except for"
So you could say
[@L!A] meaning all letters except for A
[A-C,a-c,@Sc!$] meaning letters a-z and currency symbols, except for $
...
Interesting other options would be blocknames, and choice of whether to
decompose when matching.
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