Search for inconsistent line endings with a regex? (part 2)

[Alan Kilborn]

@guy038 said in Search for inconsistent line endings with a regex? (part 2):

Now, to be sure that your file contains normalized EOLs only, simply run, consecutively, the two commands below

OR… have your script do it. Add these lines into your script, after the indicated existing lines:

def check_eol(match):                                                  # <--- existing line in script
    global check                                                       # <--- existing line in script
    check = False                                                      # <--- existing line in script
    #notepad.messageBox('Different EOLS detected','EOL Mismatch', 0)   # <--- existing line in script, but now turned into a comment
    line_of_first_mismatch = editor.lineFromPosition(match.span(0)[1])
    notepad.messageBox('Different EOLS detected -- the first inconsistency is on line ' + str(line_of_first_mismatch),'EOL Mismatch', 0)
    user_input = notepad.prompt('Convert all line-endings in file?\r\nIf so, enter 0 for CRLF, 1 for CR, 2 for LF',
        'INCONSISTENT LINE-ENDINGS DETECTED!', editor.getEOLMode())
    if user_input is not None:
        desired_eol_index = int(user_input)
        if 0 <= desired_eol_index <= 2:
            eol_cmd_list = [
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TODOS,
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TOMAC,
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TOUNIX,
            ]
            if desired_eol_index == editor.getEOLMode():
                notepad.menuCommand(eol_cmd_list[(desired_eol_index + 1) % 3])  # change to undesired line-endings
            notepad.menuCommand(eol_cmd_list[desired_eol_index])  # change to desired line-endings

Note also that I took the liberty of adding in some logic to tell you which line number has the first inconsistent line-ending.

[guy038]

Hello, @alan-kilborn,

I’ll study your last solution, on Monday 18 ( Again, I’m away on a three-day ski trip 😉 )

Best Regards,

guy038

[guy038]

Hello, @ekopalypse, @alan-kilborn, and All,

Like you proposed, @alan-kilborn, the enhanced script becomes :

check = True

false_EOL = {0:'$[^\r][^\n]',  # Miss the TWO chars \r\n at 'end of line' as editor.getEOLMode() = 0 ( Windows   EOL )
             1:'\n',           # Should be \r                             as editor.getEOLMode() = 1 ( Macintosh EOL )
             2:'\r',           # Should be \n                             as editor.getEOLMode() = 2 ( Unix      EOL )
            }

def check_eol(match):
    global check
    check = False
    line_of_first_mismatch = editor.lineFromPosition(match.span(0)[1])
    notepad.messageBox('Different EOLS detected -- the first inconsistency is on line ' + str(line_of_first_mismatch),'EOL Mismatch', 0)
    user_input = notepad.prompt('Convert all line-endings in file?\r\nIf so, enter 0 for CRLF, 1 for CR, 2 for LF',
        'INCONSISTENT LINE-ENDINGS DETECTED!', editor.getEOLMode())
    if user_input is not None:
        desired_eol_index = int(user_input)
        if 0 <= desired_eol_index <= 2:
            eol_cmd_list = [
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TODOS,
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TOMAC,
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TOUNIX,
            ]
            if desired_eol_index == editor.getEOLMode():
                notepad.menuCommand(eol_cmd_list[(desired_eol_index + 1) % 3])  # change to UNDESIRED line-endings
            notepad.menuCommand(eol_cmd_list[desired_eol_index])                # change to DESIRED   line-endings

editor.research(false_EOL[editor.getEOLMode()],     # regex to search for
                check_eol,                          # function to call if regex match
                0,                                  # re flags
                0,                                  # START of file
                editor.getLength(),                 # END   of file
                1)                                  # count ( at FIRST match )

if check == True:
    notepad.messageBox('All EOLS correct','EOL check', 0)

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Now, given this simple text :

This
is
a
little
test
to   
try
if
OK

• With Windows (CR LF) in the status bar

• With line 4 ending with CR

• line 6 ending with 3 spaces + LF

• And all the other lines ending with CRLF

When running the script, it said :

Different EOLS detected -- The first inconsistency is on line 6, although it should be on line 4 ending with CR !

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Still searching for other oddities :-)

Best Regards,

guy038

[Alan Kilborn]

@guy038 said :

Different EOLS detected – The first inconsistency is on line 6, although it should be on line 4 ending with CR !

Well… that seems to be because $[^\r][^\n] (when searching from top of file) misses line 4 and matches the LF at the end of line 6 and the t at the start of line 7.

The original regex of \r[^\n]|[^\r]\n seems to work better…

[Alan Kilborn]

I noticed that other odd things can happen.

Example:

I created a Unix (LF) file and put some lines in it, and then changed one of the line’s endings to CRLF:

The status bar said:

Running the script said:

but it should have said line 3.

Moving to the PS console window and checking the EOL mode, I discovered:

So I seem to have found a case where something is out of sync: Notepad++ 's status bar says LF for line-endings, but the Scintilla buffer says something different (CRLF).

EDIT: I seem to have figured out why: The editorconfig plugin seems to be interfering. I have it set for CRLF for the file in question. However, I’d have thought that this plugin only does things when I save a file, and in the above I’ve not saved the data. Oh, well, (non)problem solved.

[Alan Kilborn]

This time I’ve found a real bug in the script, and it is with the code I suggested:

Buggy code:

    line_of_first_mismatch = editor.lineFromPosition(match.span(0)[1])
    notepad.messageBox('Different EOLS detected -- the first inconsistency is on line ' + str(line_of_first_mismatch),'EOL Mismatch', 0)

Better code:

    line_of_first_mismatch = editor.lineFromPosition(match.span(0)[0])
    notepad.messageBox('Different EOLS detected -- the first inconsistency is on line ' + str(line_of_first_mismatch + 1),'EOL Mismatch', 0)

[guy038]

Hello, @ekopalypse, @alan-kilborn and All,

Ah…, OK. I see the problem ! Now, Alan, if you try this script on files with more than 500,000 lines, the regex \r[^\n]|[^\r]\n return an error whereas the regex $[^\r][^\n] works correctly and displays the expected message All EOLS correct

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Thus, I decided that this behaviour is of higher importance compared to knowing which is the first mismatched line found ! I, then, changed this script as below :

check = True

false_EOL = {0:'$[^\r][^\n]',  # Miss the TWO chars \r\n at 'end of line' as editor.getEOLMode() = 0 ( Windows   EOL )
             1:'\n',           # Should be \r                             as editor.getEOLMode() = 1 ( Macintosh EOL )
             2:'\r',           # Should be \n                             as editor.getEOLMode() = 2 ( Unix      EOL )
            }

def check_eol(match):
    global check
    check = False
    user_input = notepad.prompt('Convert ALL line-endings of CURRENT file ( 0 for CRLF, 1 for CR, 2 for LF )',
        'INCONSISTENT line-endings DETECTED !', editor.getEOLMode())
    if user_input is not None:
        desired_eol_index = int(user_input)
        if 0 <= desired_eol_index <= 2:
            eol_cmd_list = [
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TODOS,
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TOMAC,
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TOUNIX,
            ]
            if desired_eol_index == editor.getEOLMode():
                notepad.menuCommand(eol_cmd_list[(desired_eol_index + 1) % 3])  # change to UNDESIRED line-endings
            notepad.menuCommand(eol_cmd_list[desired_eol_index])                # change to DESIRED   line-endings

editor.research(false_EOL[editor.getEOLMode()],     # regex to search for
                check_eol,                          # function to call if regex match
                0,                                  # re flags
                0,                                  # START of file
                editor.getLength(),                 # END   of file
                1)                                  # count ( at FIRST match )

if check == True:
    notepad.messageBox('All EOLS correct','EOL check', 0)

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Do note that it’s my own preference, only !

Best Regards,

guy038

P.S. :

In the meantime, I saw that you"ve done testing a lot ! Thanks for your tests but, as you can see, I solved the problem definitively ;-))

[Alan Kilborn]

@guy038 said :

whereas the regex $[^\r][^\n] works correctly

Try it on a Windows (CR LF) file and this data:

That regex doesn’t hit anything in that text.

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I solved the problem definitively

Hmm. :-)

[guy038]

Hi, @ekopalypse, @alan-kilborn and All,

I deeply apologize, because my regex to find out all wrong cases, in case of a Windows file, was itself bugged !

You were right about it, Alan. The correct regex is $\n|\r^ leading to the line :

false_EOL = {0:'$\n|\r^',  # Find \n AFTER end of line OR \r BEFORE beginning of line as editor.getEOLMode() = 0 ( Windows   EOL )

This time, results are coherent, even for large files !

BR

guy038

[guy038]

Hello, @ekopalypse, @alan-kilborn and All,

I did some additional tests, with your modifications, Alan :

    line_of_first_mismatch = editor.lineFromPosition(match.span(0)[0])
    notepad.messageBox('Different EOLS detected -- the first inconsistency is on line ' + str(line_of_first_mismatch + 1),'EOL Mismatch', 0)

and my own one :

false_EOL = {0:'$\n|\r^',  # Find \n AFTER end of line OR \r BEFORE beginning of line as editor.getEOLMode() = 0 ( Windows   EOL )

And everything seems to work as expected !

So the final version of this script is :

check = True

false_EOL = {0:'$\n|\r^',  # Find \n AFTER end of line OR \r BEFORE beginning of line as editor.getEOLMode() = 0 ( Windows   EOL )
             1:'\n',       # Find \n ( should be \r )                                 as editor.getEOLMode() = 1 ( Macintosh EOL )
             2:'\r',       # Find \r ( should be \n )                                 as editor.getEOLMode() = 2 ( Unix      EOL )
            }

def check_eol(match):
    global check
    check = False
    line_of_first_mismatch = editor.lineFromPosition(match.span(0)[0])
    notepad.messageBox('Different EOLS detected -- the first inconsistency is on line ' + str(line_of_first_mismatch + 1),'EOL Mismatch', 0)
    user_input = notepad.prompt('Convert ALL line-endings of CURRENT file ( 0 for CRLF, 1 for CR, 2 for LF )',
        'INCONSISTENT line-endings DETECTED !', editor.getEOLMode())
    if user_input is not None:
        desired_eol_index = int(user_input)
        if 0 <= desired_eol_index <= 2:
            eol_cmd_list = [
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TODOS,
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TOMAC,
                MENUCOMMAND.FORMAT_TOUNIX,
            ]
            if desired_eol_index == editor.getEOLMode():
                notepad.menuCommand(eol_cmd_list[(desired_eol_index + 1) % 3])  # change to UNDESIRED line-endings
            notepad.menuCommand(eol_cmd_list[desired_eol_index])                # change to DESIRED   line-endings

editor.research(false_EOL[editor.getEOLMode()],     # regex to search for
                check_eol,                          # function to call if regex match
                0,                                  # re flags
                0,                                  # START of file
                editor.getLength(),                 # END   of file
                1)                                  # count ( at FIRST match )

if check == True:
    notepad.messageBox('All EOLS correct','EOL check', 0)

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To be rigorous, note that the first EOL inconsistency is always the first line with line-ending chars(s) different from the status bar indication !

Best Regards,

guy038