expand_to_regex_set.py

try:
  # Block it from trying to import something which should not be on the python sys.path
  # https://github.com/hktonylee/SublimeNumberKing/issues/4
  import expand_region_handler
  import utils
except:
  from . import utils

def _expand_to_regex_rule(string, startIndex, endIndex, regex, type):
  # if there is a selection (and not only a blinking cursor)
  if(startIndex != endIndex):
    selection = string[startIndex:endIndex]
    # make sure, that every character of the selection meets the regex rules,
    # if not return here
    if len(regex.findall(selection)) != len(selection):
      return None

  # look back
  searchIndex = startIndex - 1;
  while True:
    # begin of string is reached
    if searchIndex < 0:
      newStartIndex = searchIndex + 1
      break
    char = string[searchIndex:searchIndex+1]
    # character found, that does not fit into the search set
    if regex.match(char) is None:
      newStartIndex = searchIndex + 1
      break
    else:
      searchIndex -= 1

  # look forward
  searchIndex = endIndex;
  while True:
    # end of string reached
    if searchIndex > len(string) - 1:
      newEndIndex = searchIndex
      break
    char = string[searchIndex:searchIndex+1]
    # character found, that does not fit into the search set
    if regex.match(char) is None:
      newEndIndex = searchIndex
      break
    else:
      searchIndex += 1

  try:
    if startIndex == newStartIndex and endIndex == newEndIndex:
      return None
    else:
      return utils.create_return_obj(newStartIndex, newEndIndex, string, type)
  except NameError:
    # newStartIndex or newEndIndex might not have been defined above, because
    # the character was not found.
    return None