PCRE2 has quite a bit more than ECMAscript. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of David Crayford <00000595a051454b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 8:24 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Pipes External Message: Use Caution There is already a package for REXX regular expressions. It uses ECMAScript grammar which is not far off PCRE https://github.com/daveyc/RTK. On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM Farley, Peter < 0000031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I would think that an open-source/CBT MetalC version based on an existing > open-source non-Z implementation should be eminently achievable. Not > trivial mind you, but achievable. > > As for multi-platform, I believe that ooRexx already supports regex, > although the oorexx.org website does not want to let me view the > documentation (gets 404 for all the HTML and PDF doc links on page > https://secure-web.cisco.com/1FwbPE-3TskFsKME-Ue93bo3jzhcr6xrPy8wHnJcS3RpgcKj-9xVvqauYakkzOm-m3vQjDtpdj1F7hKu9dJOozabs0iPF_RnRurjl1XvMqrKIVQ5nzBLp5HyhKISIvu1lzBcT0M4d9NrF4ehN8PUIrtbKSr9xRughjGvWHt4ogzpeVvXbqeiKGOk3UZ39kVVKhtcm5aAstn09c8ikBosa1ZzH6llIJbfk2G62qxsCtqheDzdD8eM2bjAYlGYmWiqoIIMTJVmwjmGKcAXQkLg9q0ExIwn8w2dlDjk5myVc1CkV9W5t81meRVKO2tps0IddUZNC88kGihxpx-5AxDuFLJNNiODG_V6wuJTXRMpxWvr8EgISSEDpnWGechvguYc2pJpNX432HezhugnO9r6tZcwUQJRvh3INYiK9V6oFnbE/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oorexx.org%2Fdocs%2F > in both FireFox and Chrome). > > Peter > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 1:36 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Pipes > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:19:35 -0600, Lionel B Dyck wrote: > > > > > >A decent, open-source, alternative would be wonderful. > > > > > That would be of greatest value if it were multi-platform. > > > > And supported regular expressions. I once argued for that, > > and John Hartmann replied that wold depend on a HLASM > > implementation of reges. > > > > -- > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
