Re: [Boost-users] boost::regex - I do not understand why this test fails.

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost::regex - I do not understand why this test fails.
From: Mauricio Gomes (mgpensar_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-23 13:54:59

>
> It would probably work better if you used \\s+ consistently for internal
> spaces.
>
> In Christ,
> Steven Watanabe
>

Thank you Steven, the test below works fine now.

Best regards,
Mau.

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(example_test)
{
    boost::cmatch res;
    std::string s = "		JETIX		2,957,081			643,225.51	0.00";
    static const std::string& REGEX1 =
"\\s*(\\w+){1}\\s+([\\d,\\.]+){1}\\s+([\\d,\\.]+){1}\\s+([\\d,\\.]+)\\s*$";
    static const std::string& REGEX2 =
"\\s*(\\w+){1}\\s+(\\w+){1}\\s+(\\w+){1}\\s+([\\d,\\.]+){1}\\s+([\\d,\\.]+){1}\\s+([\\d,\\.]+){1}\\s*$";
    boost::regex rx(REGEX1);
    if (boost::regex_match (s.c_str(), res, rx))
    {
        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL ("JETIX"     , res[1]);
        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL ("2,957,081" , res[2]);
        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL ("643,225.51", res[3]);
        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL ("0.00"      , res[4]);
    }
    else
    {
        BOOST_FAIL ("It was supposed to match.");
    }
    boost::cmatch res2;
    boost::regex rx2(REGEX2);
    bool match = boost::regex_match (s.c_str(), res2, rx2);
    for (unsigned i = 0; i < res2.size (); ++i)
        std::cout << res2[i] << std::endl;
    if (match)
        BOOST_FAIL ("It was NOT supposed to match.");
}