/* * * Copyright (c) 1998-2002 * Dr John Maddock * * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software * and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, * provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and * that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear * in supporting documentation. Dr John Maddock makes no representations * about the suitability of this software for any purpose. * It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. * */ /* * LOCATION: see http://www.boost.org for most recent version. * FILE partial_regex_match.cpp * VERSION see * DESCRIPTION: regex_match example using partial matches. */ #include #include #include boost::regex e("(\\d{3,4})[- ]?(\\d{4})[- ]?(\\d{4})[- ]?(\\d{4})"); bool is_possible_card_number(const std::string& input) { // // return false for partial match, true for full match, or throw for // impossible match based on what we have so far... boost::match_results what; if(0 == boost::regex_match(input, what, e, boost::match_default | boost::match_partial)) { // the input so far could not possibly be valid so reject it: throw std::runtime_error("Invalid data entered - this could not possibly be a valid card number"); } // OK so far so good, but have we finished? if(what[0].matched) { // excellent, we have a result: return true; } // what we have so far is only a partial match... return false; } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { try{ std::string input; if(argc > 1) input = argv[1]; else std::cin >> input; if(is_possible_card_number(input)) { std::cout << "Matched OK..." << std::endl; } else std::cout << "Got a partial match..." << std::endl; } catch(const std::exception& e) { std::cout << e.what() << std::endl; } return 0; }