diff --git a/docs/advanced.md b/docs/advanced.md index eae8c3ec..6b7715dc 100644 --- a/docs/advanced.md +++ b/docs/advanced.md @@ -405,6 +405,51 @@ EXPECT_TRUE(IsCorrectPointIntVector(point_ints)) For more details regarding `AbslStringify()` and its integration with other libraries, see go/abslstringify. +## Regular Expression Syntax + +When built with Bazel and using Abseil, GoogleTest uses the +[RE2](https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax) syntax. Otherwise, for POSIX +systems (Linux, Cygwin, Mac), GoogleTest uses the +[POSIX extended regular expression](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap09.html#tag_09_04) +syntax. To learn about POSIX syntax, you may want to read this +[Wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression#POSIX_extended). + +On Windows, GoogleTest uses its own simple regular expression implementation. It +lacks many features. For example, we don't support union (`"x|y"`), grouping +(`"(xy)"`), brackets (`"[xy]"`), and repetition count (`"x{5,7}"`), among +others. Below is what we do support (`A` denotes a literal character, period +(`.`), or a single `\\ ` escape sequence; `x` and `y` denote regular +expressions.): + +Expression | Meaning +---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- +`c` | matches any literal character `c` +`\\d` | matches any decimal digit +`\\D` | matches any character that's not a decimal digit +`\\f` | matches `\f` +`\\n` | matches `\n` +`\\r` | matches `\r` +`\\s` | matches any ASCII whitespace, including `\n` +`\\S` | matches any character that's not a whitespace +`\\t` | matches `\t` +`\\v` | matches `\v` +`\\w` | matches any letter, `_`, or decimal digit +`\\W` | matches any character that `\\w` doesn't match +`\\c` | matches any literal character `c`, which must be a punctuation +`.` | matches any single character except `\n` +`A?` | matches 0 or 1 occurrences of `A` +`A*` | matches 0 or many occurrences of `A` +`A+` | matches 1 or many occurrences of `A` +`^` | matches the beginning of a string (not that of each line) +`$` | matches the end of a string (not that of each line) +`xy` | matches `x` followed by `y` + +To help you determine which capability is available on your system, GoogleTest +defines macros to govern which regular expression it is using. The macros are: +`GTEST_USES_SIMPLE_RE=1` or `GTEST_USES_POSIX_RE=1`. If you want your death +tests to work in all cases, you can either `#if` on these macros or use the more +limited syntax only. + ## Death Tests In many applications, there are assertions that can cause application failure if @@ -509,51 +554,6 @@ TEST_F(FooDeathTest, DoesThat) { } ``` -### Regular Expression Syntax - -When built with Bazel and using Abseil, GoogleTest uses the -[RE2](https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax) syntax. Otherwise, for POSIX -systems (Linux, Cygwin, Mac), GoogleTest uses the -[POSIX extended regular expression](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap09.html#tag_09_04) -syntax. To learn about POSIX syntax, you may want to read this -[Wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression#POSIX_extended). - -On Windows, GoogleTest uses its own simple regular expression implementation. It -lacks many features. For example, we don't support union (`"x|y"`), grouping -(`"(xy)"`), brackets (`"[xy]"`), and repetition count (`"x{5,7}"`), among -others. Below is what we do support (`A` denotes a literal character, period -(`.`), or a single `\\ ` escape sequence; `x` and `y` denote regular -expressions.): - -Expression | Meaning ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- -`c` | matches any literal character `c` -`\\d` | matches any decimal digit -`\\D` | matches any character that's not a decimal digit -`\\f` | matches `\f` -`\\n` | matches `\n` -`\\r` | matches `\r` -`\\s` | matches any ASCII whitespace, including `\n` -`\\S` | matches any character that's not a whitespace -`\\t` | matches `\t` -`\\v` | matches `\v` -`\\w` | matches any letter, `_`, or decimal digit -`\\W` | matches any character that `\\w` doesn't match -`\\c` | matches any literal character `c`, which must be a punctuation -`.` | matches any single character except `\n` -`A?` | matches 0 or 1 occurrences of `A` -`A*` | matches 0 or many occurrences of `A` -`A+` | matches 1 or many occurrences of `A` -`^` | matches the beginning of a string (not that of each line) -`$` | matches the end of a string (not that of each line) -`xy` | matches `x` followed by `y` - -To help you determine which capability is available on your system, GoogleTest -defines macros to govern which regular expression it is using. The macros are: -`GTEST_USES_SIMPLE_RE=1` or `GTEST_USES_POSIX_RE=1`. If you want your death -tests to work in all cases, you can either `#if` on these macros or use the more -limited syntax only. - ### How It Works See [Death Assertions](reference/assertions.md#death) in the Assertions