Source code for tamil.regexp

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# (C) 2015 Muthiah Annamalai
# Licensed under GPL Version 3

import re
from . import utf8

# predicate

[docs]def is_containing_seq(start,end,seq):
    return (start in seq) and (end in seq)


# expand

[docs]def expand_sequence(start,end,seq):
    start_idx = seq.index( start )
    end_idx = seq.index( end )
    assert( start_idx >= 0 and end_idx >= 0 )
    start_idx,end_idx = min(start_idx,end_idx),max(start_idx,end_idx)
    return u",".join( seq[start_idx:end_idx+1] )



[docs]def expand_tamil(start,end):
    """ expand uyir or mei-letter range etc.
        i.e. அ-ஔ  gets converted to அ,ஆ,இ,ஈ,உ,ஊ,எ,ஏ,ஐ,ஒ,ஓ,ஔ etc.
    """
    # few sequences
    for seq in [utf8.uyir_letters, utf8.grantha_mei_letters, \
                utf8.grantha_agaram_letters]:
        if is_containing_seq(start,end,seq):
            return expand_sequence(start,end,seq)
    # all Tamil letters
    seq = utf8.grantha_uyirmei_letters
    if is_containing_seq(start,end,seq):
        return expand_sequence(start,end,seq)
    
    raise Exception("Cannot understand sequence [%s-%s]"%(start,end))

    

[docs]def make_pattern( patt, flags=0 ):
    """
        returns a compile regular expression object
    """
    # print('input',len(patt))
    patt_letters = utf8.get_letters( patt )
    patt_out = list()
    idx = 0
    # print('output',len(patt_letters))
    patt = [None,None]
    prev = None
    LEN_PATT = len(patt_letters)
    while( idx < LEN_PATT ):
        if utf8.istamil( patt_letters[idx] ) and ( prev == '-' or ((idx+1) < LEN_PATT and patt_letters[idx+1] == u'-') ):
            if (idx+1) < LEN_PATT and patt_letters[idx+1] == u'-':
                patt[0] = patt_letters[idx]
                idx = idx + 2
                prev = "-"
            elif prev == '-':
                patt[1] = patt_letters[idx]
                patt_out.extend( expand_tamil( patt[0], patt[1]) )
                idx = idx + 1
                prev = patt_letters[idx]
            continue
        patt_out.extend( patt_letters[idx] )
        prev = patt_letters[idx]
        idx = idx + 1
    opattern = u"".join( patt_out )
    compile_regexp = re.compile( opattern, flags )        
    return (compile_regexp,opattern)





[docs]def match( patt, inputstr ):
    custom_patt = make_pattern( patt )
    return (re.match( custom_patt, inputstr), custom_patt)