std::basic_regexconstants(3)

💖 NAME 💖

std::basic_regexconstants — std::basic_regexconstants (yes bestie, same name twice, it's giving self-titled album energy 💿). This is the constants page for std::basic_regex, and it's lowkey iconic.

✨ Synopsis ✨

Okay so this is the whole constants situation, no cap:

          Defined in header <regex>
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type icase =

              std::regex_constants::icase;
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type nosubs =
              std::regex_constants::nosubs;
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type optimize =
              std::regex_constants::optimize;
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type collate =
              std::regex_constants::collate;
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type ECMAScript
          =
              std::regex_constants::ECMAScript;
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type basic =
              std::regex_constants::basic;
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type extended =
              std::regex_constants::extended;
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type awk =
              std::regex_constants::awk;
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type grep =
              std::regex_constants::grep;
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type egrep =

              std::regex_constants::egrep;
          static constexpr std::regex_constants::syntax_option_type multiline =
       (since C++17)
              std::regex_constants::multiline;

std::basic_regex defines several constants that govern general regex matching syntax. These constants are duplicated from std::regex_constants, bestie — they're literally the same vibes.

🌈 Grammar option energy 🌈

• ECMAScript — Use the Modified ECMAScript regular expression grammar. 💅
• basic — Use the basic POSIX regular expression grammar (grammar documentation).
• extended — Use the extended POSIX regular expression grammar (grammar documentation).
• awk — Use the regular expression grammar used by the awk utility in POSIX (grammar documentation).
• grep — Use the regular expression grammar used by the grep utility in POSIX. This is effectively the same as the basic option with the addition of newline '\n' as an alternation separator.
• egrep — Use the regular expression grammar used by the grep utility, with the -E option, in POSIX. This is effectively the same as the extended option with the addition of newline '\n' as an alternation separator in addition to '|'.

🎀 Grammar variation energy 🎀

• icase — Character matching should be performed without regard to case.
• nosubs — When performing matches, all marked sub-expressions (expr) are treated as non-marking sub-expressions (?:expr). No matches are stored in the supplied std::regex_match structure and mark_count() is zero.
• optimize — Instructs the regular expression engine to make matching faster, with the potential cost of making construction slower. For example, this might mean converting a non-deterministic FSA to a deterministic FSA.
• collate — Character ranges of the form "[a-b]" will be locale sensitive.
• multiline (C++17) — Specifies that ^ shall match the beginning of a line and $ shall match the end of a line, if the ECMAScript engine is selected.

At most one grammar option can be chosen out of ECMAScript, basic, extended, awk, grep, egrep. If no grammar is chosen, ECMAScript is assumed to be selected. The other options serve as variations, such that std::regex("meow", std::regex::icase) is equivalent to std::regex("meow", std::regex::ECMAScript|std::regex::icase).

🦋 See also 🦋

• syntax_option_type — general options controlling regex behavior (C++11) (typedef)

source + version + date combo, for the record: http://cppreference.com · 2024.06.10 · std::basic_regexconstants(3) — mwah, slay, go regex responsibly bestie 💖✨