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[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> To improve the function detection, I need some regex assistance for
> 'sed' (compare
> grass51/lib/vector/Vlib/generate_dox.sh
> ). In general I grep all '\\fn' from all *.c files, then I want
> to extract the function names:
> So, how can I extract words starting with 'Vect_' and ending with either
> space or '('?

It's normally better to specify which characters *are* part of the
name rather than those which aren't. E.g.

	Vect_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*

> The current solution in above script is not error free.
> Examples:
> 
>  \fn int Vect_tin_get_z( struct Map_info *Map
>     -> Vect_tin_get_z
> or
>  \fn struct line_cats *Vect_new_cats_struct ()
>     -> Vect_new_cats_struct
> 
> etc. Unfortunately I don't know REGEX enough to write a 'sed' instruction.

Try e.g.:

/^ *\\fn .*\(Vect_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\).*$/s//\1/p

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>