|
=========================================================================== -->
<NotepadPlus>
<functionList>
<!-- ========================================================= [ PL/SQL ] -->
<parser
displayName=“SQL-mehods”
id =“sql_syntax”
commentExpr=“(?x) # Utilize inline comments (see RegEx - Pattern Modifiers)
(?s:\x2F\x2A.?\x2A\x2F) # Multi Line Comment
| (?m-s:-{2}.$) # Single Line Comment
" >
<classRange
mainExpr =”(?x) # Utilize inline comments (see RegEx - Pattern Modifiers)
(?mi) # case insensitive
^\h* # optional leading blanks
(CREATE\s+(?:OR\s+REPLACE\s+)?)?PACKAGE\s+(?:BODY\s+)? # start-of-package indicator
(?:\w+.)? # schema name, optional
(?‘PACKAGE_ID’\w+) # package name
(?s:.?) # whatever, until…
^\hEND(?:\s+\k’PACKAGE_ID’)\s*; # …end-of-package indicator
" >
<className><nameExpr expr=“(?i:PACKAGE\s+(?:BODY\s+)?)\K(?:\w+.)?\w+” /></className>
<function mainExpr=“^\h*(?i:FUNCTION|PROCEDURE)\s+\K\w+\s*(([^()]))?“>
<functionName><funcNameExpr expr=”\w+" /></functionName>
</function>
</classRange>
<function mainExpr="^\h(CREATE\s+(?:OR\s+REPLACE\s+)?)?(?i:FUNCTION|PROCEDURE)\s+\K\w+\s*(([^()]*))?” >
<functionName><nameExpr expr=“\w+” /></functionName>
</function>
</parser>
</functionList>
</NotepadPlus>

I also indented it my own way, sorry for that, enjoy it!

Example:
function foo is
Begin
–Todo function logic…
null;
End;

function bar is…

In this case function bar (and other functions after it) will be skipped! I know it is not the best practice but it’s pretty common.
although it’s simple to fix that on the source code I will appreciate your help to fix the parser.

Thanks in advance!

Work like a charm! (Looks like a charm, indeed… ;) )

Hope, it will be part of the official NPP distribution!

Thank you again!

Gabor

Your results are better than mine… :)

What parser do you use? This is by the one from the last post from Jean-Marc Malmedy.
I have also tried the one before this - posted by you - that is showed the second procedure too, but out of the body.
(That’s because of here no “CREATE” in the procedure name - that is a difference between the two version. “CREATE” is for procedures not in packages.)

Please post your fine parser version! :)

Gabor

I have tried his solution, but immediately bumped into a serious problem:
I can see only the first method in my package. :(

if i understand correctly, the classRange - mainExpr should match for the whole package body.
I think the problem lies here at the last line:

^\h*END(?:\s+\k'PACKAGE_ID')?\s*;

this matches the first “end;” in the code.

In a real-world code there is lots of “end;” statements, as we can close methods with it, and even there is unnamed blocks inside them.

Example:

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY sch_001.pck_001 AS
  PROCEDURE p_proc_001(pn_id PLS_INTEGER) IS
    sd date;
  BEGIN
     -- unnamed block begin: "try-catch" in PL/SQL
     begin
        select sysdate into sd from dual;
     exception when others then
         sd := null;
     end;
     -- do something else
  END;
END pck_001;
/

Please help me on this.
Unfortunately I’m not really familiar with greedy multi-line regexp statements…

For start, it would be OK, if it could end only on the end of file…

It would be a huge help for us! :)

I just had to make to small modifications:

• making the parenthesis optional for the declaration of function or procedure
• starting the declaration of a function or procedure outside a package with “create or replace”

This is my final version of the parser:

        <parser
            displayName="SQL-mehods"
            id         ="sql_syntax"
            commentExpr="(?x)                                               # Utilize inline comments (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)
                            (?s:\x2F\x2A.*?\x2A\x2F)                        # Multi Line Comment
                        |   (?m-s:-{2}.*$)                                  # Single Line Comment
                        "
        >
            <classRange
                mainExpr    ="(?x)                                          # Utilize inline comments (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)
                        (?mi)                                               # case insensitive
                        ^\h*                                                # optional leading blanks
                        CREATE\s+(?:OR\s+REPLACE\s+)?PACKAGE\s+(?:BODY\s+)? # start-of-package indicator
                        (?:\w+\.)?                                          # schema name, optional
                        (?'PACKAGE_ID'\w+)                                  # package name
                        (?s:.*?)                                            # whatever, until...
                        ^\h*END(?:\s+\k'PACKAGE_ID')?\s*;                   # ...end-of-package indicator
                    "
            >
                <className>
                    <nameExpr expr="(?i:PACKAGE\s+(?:BODY\s+)?)\K(?:\w+\.)?\w+" />
                </className>
                <function
                    mainExpr="^\h*(?i:FUNCTION|PROCEDURE)\s+\K\w+\s*(\([^()]*\)){0,1}"
                >
                    <functionName>
                        <funcNameExpr expr="\w+" />
                    </functionName>
                </function>
            </classRange>
            <function
                mainExpr="^\h*CREATE\s+(?:OR\s+REPLACE\s+)?(?i:FUNCTION|PROCEDURE)\s+\K\w+\s*(\([^()]*\)){0,1}"
            >
                <functionName>
                    <nameExpr expr="\w+" />
                </functionName>
            </function>
        </parser>

Many many thanks for your help.

Jean-Marc

			<parser
				displayName="SQL-mehods"
				id         ="sql_syntax"
				commentExpr="(?x)                                               # Utilize inline comments (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)
								(?s:\x2F\x2A.*?\x2A\x2F)                        # Multi Line Comment
							|	(?m-s:-{2}.*$)                                  # Single Line Comment
							"
			>
				<classRange
					mainExpr    ="(?x)                                          # Utilize inline comments (see `RegEx - Pattern Modifiers`)
							(?mi)                                               # case insensitive
							^\h*                                                # optional leading blanks
							CREATE\s+(?:OR\s+REPLACE\s+)?PACKAGE\s+(?:BODY\s+)? # start-of-package indicator
							(?:\w+\.)?                                          # schema name, optional
							(?'PACKAGE_ID'\w+)                                  # package name
							(?s:.*?)                                            # whatever, until...
							^\h*END(?:\s+\k'PACKAGE_ID')?\s*;                   # ...end-of-package indicator
						"
				>
					<className>
						<nameExpr expr="(?i:PACKAGE\s+(?:BODY\s+)?)\K(?:\w+\.)?\w+" />
					</className>
					<function
						mainExpr="^\h*(?i:FUNCTION|PROCEDURE)\s+\K\w+\s*\([^()]*\)"
					>
						<functionName>
							<funcNameExpr expr="\w+" />
						</functionName>
					</function>
				</classRange>
				<function
					mainExpr="^\h*(?i:FUNCTION|PROCEDURE)\s+\K\w+\s*\([^()]*\)"
				>
					<functionName>
						<nameExpr expr="\w+" />
					</functionName>
				</function>
			</parser>

Although my regular expressions work in RegexBuddy I’m not able to get them to show any packages in Notepad++ Function List.
This needs more investigation, sorry I can’t give you a solution any time soon :(

I’m not surprised since my regular expression worked too outside Function List.
Anyway, thank you very much for trying.

THANK YOU!!
Claudia

one other thing.
The script doesn’t rerun the same regexes. Meaning,
if one line has

^def.*()

and the next line also and you move the cursor from the first to the next line
it doesn’t trigger another research. There must be a difference within the regexes.

Cheers
Claudia

def current_regex():
    return editor2.getCurLine().rstrip()

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def regex_tester_doc_is_current_doc():
    return REGEX_TESTER_INPUT_TAB == notepad.getCurrentBufferID()

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def scroll_to_position(_position):
    if _position is not None:
        start_pos, end_pos = _position
        editor1.setIndicatorCurrent(13)
        editor1.indicatorFillRange(start_pos, end_pos-start_pos)
        current_line = editor1.lineFromPosition(start_pos)
        editor1.ensureVisible(current_line)
        editor1.gotoPos(start_pos)
        editor1.verticalCentreCaret()
        editor1.setXCaretPolicy(CARETPOLICY.EVEN|CARETPOLICY.JUMPS,10)
        editor1.scrollCaret()

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def get_current_regex_position_and_length():
    current_line = editor2.lineFromPosition(editor2.getCurrentPos())
    if current_line != 0 and not editor2.getLine(current_line).startswith(COMMENT_CHAR):
        lenght_line = editor2.lineLength(current_line)
        position = editor2.positionFromLine(current_line)
        return position, lenght_line
    return None, None

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def mark_regex_line(match_indicator):
    position, lenght = get_current_regex_position_and_length()
    if position:
        if match_indicator == REGEX_LINE_NO_MATCH:
                editor2.setIndicatorCurrent(14)
                editor2.indicatorFillRange(position, lenght)
        elif match_indicator == REGEX_LINE_INVALID:
            editor2.setIndicatorCurrent(11)
            editor2.indicatorFillRange(position, lenght)
        else:
            for i in [11,14]:
                editor2.setIndicatorCurrent(i)
                editor2.indicatorClearRange(0, editor2.getTextLength())

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def regex_tester_updateui_callback(args):
    if (regex_tester_doc_is_current_doc() and PREVIOUS_REGEX.get(CURRENT_BUFFER_ID, '') != current_regex()):
        mark_regex_line(REGEX_LINE_CLEAR)
        regex()
        if NO_MATCH_FOUND and INFORM_ABOUT_NO_MATCHES:
            mark_regex_line(REGEX_LINE_NO_MATCH)
        elif NO_MATCH_FOUND is None:
            mark_regex_line(REGEX_LINE_INVALID)
        # else:
            # scroll_to_position(POS_FIRST_OCCURANCE)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def regex_tester_file_before_close_callback(args):
    if (args['bufferID'] == REGEX_TESTER_INPUT_TAB):
        stop_regex_tester()

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def regex_tester_buffer_activated_callback(args):
    global PREVIOUS_REGEX
    set_current_buffer_id()

    if not PREVIOUS_REGEX.has_key(CURRENT_BUFFER_ID):
        PREVIOUS_REGEX[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID] = ''

    if not REGEX_TESTER_IS_RUNNING:
        global COLORED_DOCS_LIST
        if args['bufferID'] in COLORED_DOCS_LIST:
            clear_indicator()
            COLORED_DOCS_LIST.remove(args['bufferID'])

        if len(COLORED_DOCS_LIST) == 0:
            notepad.clearCallbacks([NOTIFICATION.BUFFERACTIVATED])

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def jump_through_matches(search_direction):
    global MATCH_POSITIONS
    global LAST_POSITION

    if MATCH_POSITIONS.has_key(CURRENT_BUFFER_ID):
        editor1.setIndicatorCurrent(13)
        editor1.indicatorClearRange(0,editor1.getTextLength())

        match_count = len(MATCH_POSITIONS[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID])

        if match_count == 0:
            return

        elif match_count == 1:
            _position = MATCH_POSITIONS[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID][0]

        else:
            current_position = editor1.getCurrentPos()

            if search_direction == 0:
                while True:
                    _position = MATCH_POSITIONS[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID].pop(0)
                    MATCH_POSITIONS[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID].append(_position)

                    if _position[0] != LAST_POSITION:
                        break
            else:
                while True:
                    _position = MATCH_POSITIONS[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID].pop()
                    MATCH_POSITIONS[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID].insert(0, _position)

                    if _position[0] != LAST_POSITION:
                        break

        LAST_POSITION = _position[0]
        scroll_to_position(_position)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def regex_tester_doc_already_exists():
    files = notepad.getFiles()
    f = [i[1][1] for i in enumerate(files) if i[1][0].upper() == TEMP_FILE_NAME.upper()]
    if f:
        return f[0]
    else:
        return 0

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def color_regex_tester_status():
    status_line = editor2.getLine(0)
    if REGEX_TESTER_IS_RUNNING:
        start = status_line.find('[')
        stop = status_line.find(']')+1
        editor2.setIndicatorCurrent(12)
        editor2.indicatorFillRange(0,20)
        editor2.setIndicatorCurrent(12)
        editor2.indicatorFillRange(start,stop-start)
    else:
        editor2.setIndicatorCurrent(12)
        editor2.indicatorClearRange(0,len(status_line))

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def start_regex_tester():
    if TEMP_FILE_NAME == '':
        notepad.messageBox('You need to indicate, in the TEMP_FILE_NAME variable,\n' +
                           'the fully qualified file name of the TEXT file containing ' +
                           'the REGEX(ES) to test', 'TEMP_FILE_NAME is not set')
        return False

    current_document = 0 if notepad.getCurrentView() == 1 else notepad.getCurrentBufferID()

    global REGEX_TESTER_INPUT_TAB
    REGEX_TESTER_INPUT_TAB = regex_tester_doc_already_exists()
    if REGEX_TESTER_INPUT_TAB == 0 :
        notepad.open(TEMP_FILE_NAME)
        if notepad.getCurrentFilename().upper() == TEMP_FILE_NAME.upper():
            REGEX_TESTER_INPUT_TAB = notepad.getCurrentBufferID()
        else:
            notepad.messageBox('Could not open specified file\n' +
                               '{0}'.format(TEMP_FILE_NAME),
                               'Regex Tester Startup Failed', 0)
            return False
    else:
        notepad.activateBufferID(REGEX_TESTER_INPUT_TAB)

    if notepad.getCurrentView() != 1:
        notepad.menuCommand(MENUCOMMAND.VIEW_GOTO_ANOTHER_VIEW)

    STATUS_LINE = 'RegexTester isActive [] flags:sitp, '

    STATUS_LINE += 'fwd:{}  bwd:{}\r\n'.format(JUMP_FORWARD_SHORTCUT,
                                               JUMP_BACKWARD_SHORTCUT,)

    current_status_line = editor2.getLine(0)
    if 'RegexTester' in current_status_line:
        editor2.replace('RegexTester inActive', 'RegexTester isActive')
    else:
        editor2.insertText(0, STATUS_LINE)


    global REGEX_TESTER_IS_RUNNING
    REGEX_TESTER_IS_RUNNING = True

    color_regex_tester_status()

    set_current_buffer_id()

    global PREVIOUS_REGEX
    PREVIOUS_REGEX[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID] = ''

    editor.callbackSync(regex_tester_updateui_callback, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.UPDATEUI])

    if current_document != 0:
        notepad.activateBufferID(current_document)

    editor2.setFocus(True)
    editor2.gotoLine(0)
    notepad.save()

    global REGEX_TESTER_HWND
    REGEX_TESTER_HWND = get_focused_window()

    notepad.callback(regex_tester_file_before_close_callback, [NOTIFICATION.FILEBEFORECLOSE])
    notepad.callback(regex_tester_buffer_activated_callback, [NOTIFICATION.BUFFERACTIVATED])

    return True

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def stop_regex_tester():
    editor.clearCallbacks([SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.UPDATEUI])
    notepad.clearCallbacks([NOTIFICATION.FILEBEFORECLOSE])

    notepad.activateBufferID(REGEX_TESTER_INPUT_TAB)

    if regex_tester_doc_is_current_doc():
        editor2.replace('RegexTester isActive', 'RegexTester inActive')
        notepad.save()

    global REGEX_TESTER_IS_RUNNING
    REGEX_TESTER_IS_RUNNING = False

    clear_indicator()
    color_regex_tester_status()
    mark_regex_line(0)

    global MATCH_POSITIONS
    MATCH_POSITIONS = {}

    _hook.unregister()

    editor1.setFocus(True)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

class Hook():

    def __init__(self):
        self.nppHandle = windll.user32.FindWindowA('Notepad++',None)
        self.oldWndProc = None

        self.SHIFT_PRESSED = False
        self.CTRL_PRESSED = False
        self.ALT_PRESSED = False

    def register(self):
        if REGEX_TESTER_HWND:
            self.new_wnd_proc = WndProcType(self.sciWndProc)
            windll.kernel32.SetLastError(0)
            self.oldWndProc = windll.user32.SetWindowLongA(REGEX_TESTER_HWND, GWL_WNDPROC, self.new_wnd_proc)

            if self.oldWndProc:
                global OLD_WND_PROC
                OLD_WND_PROC = self.oldWndProc
            else:
                _err = 'GetLastError:{}'.format(windll.kernel32.GetLastError())
                notepad.messageBox('Could not register hook:\n{}\n'.format(_err) +
                                    'Shortcuts won\'t work',
                                    'Register Hook Failure', 0)

    def unregister(self):
        if OLD_WND_PROC:
            self.oldWndProc = OLD_WND_PROC
            windll.kernel32.SetLastError(0)
            dummy = windll.user32.SetWindowLongA(REGEX_TESTER_HWND, GWL_WNDPROC, self.oldWndProc)
            if not dummy:
                _err = 'GetLastError:{}'.format(windll.kernel32.GetLastError())
                notepad.messageBox('Could not unregister hook:\n{}\n'.format(_err) +
                                    'It is recommended to save data and restart npp to prevent data loss',
                                    'Unregister Hook Failure', 0)

    def sciWndProc(self, hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam):
        if msg in [WM_KEYDOWN, WM_SYSKEYDOWN]:
            if wParam == VK_SHIFT:
                self.SHIFT_PRESSED = True
            elif wParam == VK_CONTROL:
                self.CTRL_PRESSED = True
            elif wParam == VK_ALT:
                self.ALT_PRESSED = True

        elif msg in [WM_KEYUP,WM_SYSKEYUP]:
            if wParam == VK_SHIFT:
                self.SHIFT_PRESSED = False
            elif wParam == VK_CONTROL:
                self.CTRL_PRESSED = False
            elif wParam == VK_ALT:
                self.ALT_PRESSED = False
            else:
                modifier = 'SHIFT+' if self.SHIFT_PRESSED else ''
                modifier += 'CTRL+' if self.CTRL_PRESSED else ''
                modifier += 'ALT+' if self.ALT_PRESSED else ''
                if wParam in FUNC_KEYS:
                    key_combo = '{}{}'.format(modifier,FUNC_KEYS[wParam])
                else:
                    key_combo = '{}{}'.format(modifier,chr(wParam))

                func = dict_func.get(key_combo, None)
                if func:
                    func()

        elif msg == WM_KILLFOUCS:
            self.SHIFT_PRESSED = False
            self.CTRL_PRESSED = False
            self.ALT_PRESSED = False

        return windll.user32.CallWindowProcA (self.oldWndProc, hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def main():
    if REGEX_TESTER_IS_RUNNING:
        stop_regex_tester()
    else:
        if start_regex_tester():
            _hook.register()

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

dict_func={JUMP_FORWARD_SHORTCUT  : lambda: jump_through_matches(FORWARD_SEARCH),
           JUMP_BACKWARD_SHORTCUT : lambda: jump_through_matches(BACKWARD_SEARCH),}
           # JUMP_TO_FIRST_SHORTCUT : lambda: scroll_to_position(POS_FIRST_OCCURANCE),
           # JUMP_TO_LAST_SHORTCUT  : lambda: scroll_to_position(POS_LAST_OCCURANCE)}


_hook = Hook()
main()

import time

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

import re

from ctypes import windll, byref, wintypes, WINFUNCTYPE, Structure, sizeof

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# You need to indicate, in the TEMP_FILE_NAME variable, below, the
# fully qualified file name of the TEXT file containing the REGEX(ES) to test !
#
# Note : DOUBLE backslash is needed  ( e.g. D:\\tests\\RegexTests.txt )
#
# The COMMENT_CHAR can be changed, if needed, but keep in mind that, if your regex
# begins with a COMMENT_CHAR, you must escape it, to make the whole regex working.
# ( For instance the regex \#.* colors all the comments of a python file )
#
# If you do not want to be informed, by coloring the current regex, that it didn't match
# set the INFORM_ABOUT_NO_MATCHES flag to False
#
# 2 shortcuts can be configured:
#  - JUMP_FORWARD_SHORTCUT  = to jump to matches in forward mode,
#  - JUMP_BACKWARD_SHORTCUT = for backward mode,
#
# IMPORTANT:
#   If using modifiers (SHIFT, CTRL and ALT) the ordering is critical.
#   A shortcut is defined as a python string using the plus sign to
#   separate modifiers from letters and function keys.
#
#   E.g. 'SHIFT+CTRL+O' means you have to press SHIFT, CTRL and the literal O together.
#   As already said, if you would define 'CTRL+SHIFT+O' it won't work as the script
#   expects that SHIFT is the first modifier, if used, followed by CTRL and then ALT key.
#
#   One can only define shortcuts which aren't used by notepad, scintilla
#   and plugins already. Meaning, you cannot define a shortcut 'CTRL+F'
#   as this is already used to show the file dialog
#
#   The possible function keys are listed in dictionary FUNC_KEYS.
#   Basically, the keys are ESC and F1 to F12


# ---------------------------- <CONFIGURATION AREA> ---------------------------

TEMP_FILE_NAME          = 'C:\\RegexTester.txt'
COMMENT_CHAR            = '#'
INFORM_ABOUT_NO_MATCHES = True
JUMP_FORWARD_SHORTCUT   = 'F9'
JUMP_BACKWARD_SHORTCUT  = 'SHIFT+F9'
# ORDERING IS CRITICAL!! SHIFT CTRL ALT
DEBUG_ON                = True
# ---------------------------- </CONFIGURATION AREA> ---------------------------

FUNC_KEYS = {0x1B:'ESC',
             0x70:'F1',
             0x71:'F2',
             0x72:'F3',
             0x73:'F4',
             0x74:'F5',
             0x75:'F6',
             0x76:'F7',
             0x77:'F8',
             0x78:'F9',
             0x79:'F10',
             0x7A:'F11',
             0x7B:'F12',}

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# winapi constants - used by ctypes
WM_KEYDOWN    = 0x0100
WM_KEYUP      = 0x0101
WM_SYSKEYDOWN = 0x104
WM_SYSKEYUP   = 0x105

WM_SETFOUCS   = 0x07
WM_KILLFOUCS  = 0x08

VK_SHIFT         = 0x10
VK_CONTROL       = 0x11
VK_MENU = VK_ALT = 0x12
VK_UP            = 0x26
VK_DOWN          = 0x28



WndProcType = WINFUNCTYPE(wintypes.LONG, wintypes.HWND, wintypes.UINT, wintypes.WPARAM, wintypes.LPARAM)
GWL_WNDPROC = -4

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

_g = globals()
REGEX_TESTER_IS_RUNNING = _g.get('REGEX_TESTER_IS_RUNNING', False)
OLD_WND_PROC = _g.get('OLD_WND_PROC', None)
REGEX_TESTER_HWND = _g.get('REGEX_TESTER_HWND', None)
REGEX_TESTER_INPUT_TAB = _g.get('REGEX_TESTER_INPUT_TAB', 0)
COLORED_DOCS_LIST = _g.get('COLORED_DOCS_LIST', [])
TIME_REGEX = False
USE_PYTHON_ENGINE = False
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

editor1.indicSetStyle(8,INDICATORSTYLE.CONTAINER)
editor1.indicSetFore(8,(100,215,100))
editor1.indicSetAlpha(8,55)
editor1.indicSetOutlineAlpha(8,255)
editor1.indicSetUnder(8,True)

editor1.indicSetStyle(9,INDICATORSTYLE.ROUNDBOX)
editor1.indicSetFore(9,(195,215,184))
editor1.indicSetAlpha(9,55)
editor1.indicSetOutlineAlpha(9,255)
editor1.indicSetUnder(9,True)

editor1.indicSetStyle(10,INDICATORSTYLE.ROUNDBOX)
editor1.indicSetFore(10,(95,215,184))
editor1.indicSetAlpha(10,55)
editor1.indicSetOutlineAlpha(10,255)
editor1.indicSetUnder(10,True)

editor2.indicSetStyle(11,INDICATORSTYLE.STRAIGHTBOX)
editor2.indicSetFore(11,(255,0,0))      # (192,192,192)  (255,0,0)
editor2.indicSetAlpha(11,155)
editor2.indicSetOutlineAlpha(11,255)
editor2.indicSetUnder(11,True)

editor2.indicSetStyle(12,INDICATORSTYLE.STRAIGHTBOX)
editor2.indicSetFore(12,(0,255, 0))
editor2.indicSetAlpha(12,155)
editor2.indicSetOutlineAlpha(12,255)
editor2.indicSetUnder(12,True)

editor1.indicSetStyle(13,INDICATORSTYLE.STRAIGHTBOX)
editor1.indicSetFore(13,(0, 0, 255))     # (192,192,192) (0, 0, 255)
editor1.indicSetAlpha(13,155)
editor1.indicSetOutlineAlpha(13,55)
editor1.indicSetUnder(13,True)

editor2.indicSetStyle(14,INDICATORSTYLE.STRAIGHTBOX)
editor2.indicSetFore(14,(255,120,0))      # (192,192,192)  (255,0,0)
editor2.indicSetAlpha(14,155)
editor2.indicSetOutlineAlpha(14,255)
editor2.indicSetUnder(14,True)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

IS_ODD = False
PREVIOUS_REGEX = {}
# POS_FIRST_OCCURANCE = None
# POS_LAST_OCCURANCE = None
NO_MATCH_FOUND = True
MATCH_POSITIONS = {}

CURRENT_BUFFER_ID = None
LAST_POSITION = -1
FORWARD_SEARCH = 0
BACKWARD_SEARCH = 1
REGEX_LINE_CLEAR = 0
REGEX_LINE_NO_MATCH = 1
REGEX_LINE_INVALID = -1

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

class GUITHREADINFO(Structure):
    _fields_ = [
                ('cbSize', wintypes.DWORD),
                ('flags', wintypes.DWORD),
                ('hwndActive', wintypes.HWND),
                ('hwndFocus', wintypes.HWND),
                ('hwndCapture', wintypes.HWND),
                ('hwndMenuOwner', wintypes.HWND),
                ('hwndMoveSize', wintypes.HWND),
                ('hwndCaret', wintypes.HWND),
                ('rcCaret', wintypes.RECT)
               ]


def get_focused_window():
    guiThreadInfo = GUITHREADINFO(cbSize=sizeof(GUITHREADINFO))
    windll.user32.GetGUIThreadInfo(0, byref(guiThreadInfo))
    return guiThreadInfo.hwndFocus

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def signature(func, args, kwargs, result):
    func = func.__name__
    result = unicode(result)
    try:
        return u'{}({}, {}) -> {}'.format(func, unicode(args), unicode(kwargs), result)
    except:
        return u'{}(...) -> {}'.format(func, result)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def time_function(func):
    def inner(*args, **kwargs):
        start = time.time()
        result = func(*args, **kwargs)
        stop = time.time()
        re_engine = u'python' if USE_PYTHON_ENGINE else u'boost'
        call_signature = signature(func, args, kwargs, result)
        console.write(u'{} took {} seconds using {} re engine\n'.format(call_signature, stop-start, re_engine))
        return result
    return inner

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def match_found(m):
    global IS_ODD
    # global POS_FIRST_OCCURANCE
    # global POS_LAST_OCCURANCE
    global MATCH_POSITIONS
    global NO_MATCH_FOUND

    _match_positions = []

    if DEBUG_ON:
        _m = m.span()
        console.write(u'Match:{} = {}\n'.format(_m, editor1.getTextRange(*_m)))

    if m.lastindex > 0:
        editor1.setIndicatorCurrent(8)
        editor1.indicatorFillRange(m.span(0)[0], m.span(0)[1] - m.span(0)[0])

        _match_positions.append(m.span())
        for i in range(1, m.lastindex + 1):
            if (m.span(i)[0] != m.span(0)[0]) or (m.span(i)[1] != m.span(0)[1]):
                editor1.setIndicatorCurrent(9 if IS_ODD else 10)
                editor1.indicatorFillRange(m.span(i)[0], m.span(i)[1] - m.span(i)[0])
                IS_ODD = False if IS_ODD else True

        # POS_LAST_OCCURANCE = m.span(i)

    else:
        editor1.setIndicatorCurrent(9 if IS_ODD else 10)
        editor1.indicatorFillRange(m.span(0)[0], m.span(0)[1] - m.span(0)[0])
        IS_ODD = False if IS_ODD else True
        # POS_LAST_OCCURANCE = m.span(0)
        _match_positions.append(m.span())

    MATCH_POSITIONS[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID].extend(_match_positions)

    # if POS_FIRST_OCCURANCE == None:
        # POS_FIRST_OCCURANCE = m.span(0)
    NO_MATCH_FOUND = False

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def set_current_buffer_id():
    global CURRENT_BUFFER_ID
    doc_idx = notepad.getCurrentDocIndex(0)
    CURRENT_BUFFER_ID = notepad.getFiles()[doc_idx][1]

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def track_document():
    global COLORED_DOCS_LIST
    set_current_buffer_id()
    if not CURRENT_BUFFER_ID in COLORED_DOCS_LIST:
        COLORED_DOCS_LIST.append(CURRENT_BUFFER_ID)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def clear_indicator():
    for i in [8,9,10,13]:
        editor1.setIndicatorCurrent(i)
        editor1.indicatorClearRange(0,editor1.getTextLength())

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def get_regex_flags():
    global TIME_REGEX
    global USE_PYTHON_ENGINE
    TIME_REGEX = False
    USE_PYTHON_ENGINE = False

    flags = 0
    flag_line = editor2.getLine(0)
    for char in range(flag_line.find('[')+1,flag_line.find(']')):
        if flag_line[char].upper() == 'I':
            flags |= re.IGNORECASE
        elif flag_line[char].upper() == 'L':
            flags |= re.LOCALE
        elif flag_line[char].upper() == 'M':
            flags |= re.MULTILINE
        elif flag_line[char].upper() == 'S':
            flags |= re.DOTALL
        elif flag_line[char].upper() == 'U':
            flags |= re.UNICODE
        elif flag_line[char].upper() == 'X':
            flags |= re.VERBOSE
        elif flag_line[char].upper() == 'T':
            TIME_REGEX = True
        elif flag_line[char].upper() == 'P':
            USE_PYTHON_ENGINE = True
    return flags

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

@time_function
def regex_exec(pattern, flags):
    try:
        for i in range(1):
            # editor1.research(pattern, lambda m: m, flags)
            editor1.research(pattern, match_found, flags)
        return True
    except:
        return False

def regex():
    # global POS_FIRST_OCCURANCE
    global PREVIOUS_REGEX
    global NO_MATCH_FOUND
    global MATCH_POSITIONS
    global IS_ODD

    IS_ODD = False
    MATCH_POSITIONS[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID] = []

    clear_indicator()
    pattern = u''

    if (editor2.getSelections() == 1) and (editor2.getSelectionEmpty() == False):
        start = editor2.lineFromPosition(editor2.getSelectionNStart(0))
        end = editor2.lineFromPosition(editor2.getSelectionNEnd(0))
        for i in range(start,end+1):
            pattern += editor2.getLine(i).rstrip('\r\n')
    else:
        pattern = current_regex()

    PREVIOUS_REGEX[CURRENT_BUFFER_ID] = pattern
    NO_MATCH_FOUND = True

    if (pattern != '' and
        pattern != '.' and
        pattern != '()' and not
        pattern.startswith(COMMENT_CHAR) and not
        pattern.isspace() and
        editor2.lineFromPosition(editor2.getCurrentPos()) > 0):

        # POS_FIRST_OCCURANCE = None

        regex_flag = get_regex_flags()

        if TIME_REGEX:
            if regex_exec(pattern,regex_flag):
                track_document()
            else:
                NO_MATCH_FOUND = None
        else:
            try:
                if USE_PYTHON_ENGINE:
                    txt = editor1.getText()
                    for m in re.finditer(pattern, txt, regex_flag):
                        match_found(m)
                else:
                    editor1.research(pattern, match_found, regex_flag)
                track_document()
            except:
                NO_MATCH_FOUND = None

    else:
        NO_MATCH_FOUND = None

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

First some notes what needs to be done and how it works.
The script assumes that you use both views,
view0 being the text which needs to be searched and
view1 containing the file RegexTester.txt (where you add your regexes)

RegexTester.txt needs to be configured within the configuration area, TEMP_FILE_NAME, of the script.
In addition create the file on the disk.

When you have both views open you run the script you should see an status line added to RegexTester.txt
Something like

RegexTester Active [s] flags:sitp, fwd:F9 bwd:SHIFT+F9

and marked in green, meaning the script is active.
When running a second time, you should see inActive and no more green mark,
meaning you stopped it.

The re flags are s (dot match new line) and i (ignorecase) only.
For function list, guy mentioned this to me, you need to use s.
t is for timing a regex and p for using python re engine instead of boost.
Timing doesn’t make sense if you use only one iteration (from my point of view)
So in case you want to compare different regexes I would modify the regex_exec
funtion to have at least 1000 iterations and using lambda research instead of
showing real matches.

When you check the code you will see that some regexes don’t get executed.
Namely a regex containing spaces only, or a dot only or a line starting with
the comment char - you will see.

In addition you can select more lines to create a regex meaning if first line
has the word “the” and second line " re flags" and you select the lines
it will treat it as “the re flags”. Sometimes it makes sense to use it that way.

So Script follows in the following post because of maximum bytes restriction.

If there is something unclear, let me know.

Cheers
Claudia

by any chance, are you using python script?
I do have an updated regular expression tester script which might be useful for such cases
as it is using the boost re engine.
If you are interested, let me know.

Cheers
Claudia