Feature #1201
closedAdd relative group reference in back reference with nest level in regular expressions (e.g. \k<-5+1>)
Description
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It should be possible to use relative group references in back reference with nest level.
Reason: As named in Ticket 1200 relative group references can be very helpful in writing subexpessions, which can be used later on as often as necessary in one regular expression.
Unfortunately back references with nest level, \k<n+level>, \k, \k'n+level', and \k'n-level', do not allow relative group referencing, so they can only be used if one knows, how many normal groups are in the complete regular expression before the referenced group.
If there are relative group references possible, e.g. \k<-n+level>, \k<-n-level>, \k'-n+level', and \k'-n-level', these constructs can be used in subexpressions designed to be used more than once in a regular expression.
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Updated by naruse (Yui NARUSE) over 15 years ago
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This feature depends on oniguruma.
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Updated by marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune) about 15 years ago
- Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
- Target version changed from 1.9.1 to 2.0.0
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Updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) about 14 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Assigned
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Updated by naruse (Yui NARUSE) over 12 years ago
- Status changed from Assigned to Closed
Ruby 1.9.1 supports this through Oniguruma 5.9.1.