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7351 :: encodeRe()

• stbalbach (orginal) [2021-01-07T14:48:14+01:00] view original

  Program:

  
  import re
  
  echo escapeRe("[Одиноков]")
  echo escapeRe("[Oklahoma]")
  Run

  Produces:

  \x5B\xD0\x9E\xD0\xB4\xD0\xB8\xD0\xBD\xD0\xBE\xD0\xBA\xD0\xBE\xD0\xB2\x5D
  \x5BOklahoma\x5D
  Run

  The Oklahoma is right, but not the Greek word.

  Really I need regex meta characters to be escaped and everything else untouched.

  Looking at the source it encodes everything except: 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '0'..'9', '_':

  https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/version-1-4/lib/impure/re.nim#L531

  Is there such a function or should I make one? What is the reason for escapeRe encoding so broadly?

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