A tool to create words based on regular expressions.

To build rexgen, you'll need the following tools and libs:

On Ubuntu, you can install these via e.g.

sudo apt install flex libfl-dev libbison-dev cmake clang bison

Clone the git repository to include the required FindICU:

git clone https://github.com/janstarke/rexgen.git

Build and install:

cd rexgen
./install.sh
# you can use the switches -p to enable python support and -l to enable lua support

If you are interested in contributing, please have a look at

• Architecture Documentation
• API documentation
• Developer documentation

If you have problems building rexgen, you can change to the build directory and run cmake .. && make manually. Currently supported options for rexgen's CMakefile are:

• -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug creates a debug build
• -DUSE_PYTHON=On tells cmake to include the python interface
• -DUSE_LUA=On tells cmake to include the lua python interface

rexgen::RexgenOptions options;
auto regex = parse_regex("Test[0-9]", options);
assert(regex != nullptr);

auto iter = std::make_shared<rexgen::TopIterator>(regex);

SimpleString str;
while (iter->next()) {
    str.clear();
    iter->value(&str);
    std::cout << str.c_str() << std::endl;
}

Copyright (C) 2012-2021 Jan Starke jan.starke@outofbed.org

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA