Re: [boost] [regex] [1.35]Problem with IPV6 validation windows XP

Subject: Re: [boost] [regex] [1.35]Problem with IPV6 validation windows XP
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-20 08:39:55

Gopal_Haldar_at_[hidden] wrote:

>> Please let me know is it possible through boost or not.

Apologies, I missed that message.

>> passing any IPV6 IP
>> But it is failed to validate ::ffff:12.12.12.12 format...
>> Please see my code...
>>
>> bool IsValidIPv6String(wstring ipv6address)
>> {
>> wsmatch what;
>>
>> wregex
>> expression(L"^((([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,
>> 4}:){6}:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){5}:([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:)?[0
>> -9A-Fa-f]{1,4})|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){4}:([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){0,2}[0-9A-Fa
>> -f]{1,4})|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){3}:([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){0,3}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,
>> 4})|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){2}:([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){0,4}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})|((
>> [0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){6}((\b((25[0-5])|(1\\d{2})|(2[0-4]\\d)|(\\d{1,2}))\b)
>> \\.){3}(\b((25[0-5])|(1\\d{2})|(2[0-4]\\d)|(\\d{1,2}))\b))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]
>> {1,4}:){0,5}:((\b((25[0-5])|(1\\d{2})|(2[0-4]\\d)|(\\d{1,2}))\b)\\.){3}(
>> \b((25[0-5])|(1\\d{2})|(2[0-4]\\d)|(\\d{1,2}))\b))|(::([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:
>> ){0,5}((\b((25[0-5])|(1\\d{2})|(2[0-4]\\d)|(\\d{1,2}))\b)\\.){3}(\b((25[
>> 0-5])|(1\\d{2})|(2[0-4]\\d)|(\\d{1,2}))\b))|([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}::([0-9A-Fa
>> -f]{1,4}:){0,5}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})|(::([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){0,6}[0-9A-Fa-f]{
>> 1,4})|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1,7}:))$");

I don't see how any of the alternatives in that regular expression can match 
the string you give: the only alternative that could possibly match appears 
to be the

"|(::([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){0,6}[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})"

part, but that can't match because your string uses "." as a separator 
between numbers, where as the expression only works with ":" as a separator.

Which part of the regex did you expect should match?

Also did you intend the \b's to be literal bell characters, or \\b's and 
hense regular expression operators (word boundaries)?

HTH, John.