A tool to generate semi-minimized regular expression alternations.
Given a list of str, int, and float values, triex constructs a trie data structure and generates a minimized regular expression that matches all members in the trie. The regex is created walking the values left-to-right, so the best results are achieved with values that share a common prefix.
- Python 3.10.x, 3.11.x
pip install py-triex
>>> from triex import Trie
>>> t = Trie(['foo', 'foobar', 'foobaz', 'bar', 'bat'])
>>> t.to_regex()
ba[rt]|foo(?:ba[rz])?
Usage: triex [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
A tool to generate semi-minimized regular expression alternations.
Options:
--help Show this message and exit.
-v, --verbose Increase verbosity.
--version Show the version and exit.
Commands:
batch Batch convert file contents to patterns.
convert Convert input to a regex pattern.
Convert:
$ echo "foo\nfoobar\nfoobaz\nbar\nbat" > words.txt
$ triex convert -i words.txt
ba[rt]|foo(?:ba[rz])?
$ echo -e "foo\nfoobar\nfoobaz\nbar\nbat" | triex convert
ba[rt]|foo(?:ba[rz])?
Batch:
$ printf "foo\nbar" > words1.txt
$ printf "foo\nbaz" > words2.txt
$ triex batch *.txt
Converting words1.txt
Converting words2.txt
$ less -FX words1.txt
bar|foo
$ less -FX words2.txt
baz|foo
triex is released under the MIT License