std::regex_constants::error_type

 

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Defined in header <regex>
using error_type = /* implementation-defined */;	(1)	(since C++11)
constexpr error_type error_collate =    /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_ctype =      /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_escape =     /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_backref =    /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_brack =      /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_paren =      /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_brace =      /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_badbrace =   /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_range =      /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_space =      /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_badrepeat =  /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_complexity = /* unspecified */; constexpr error_type error_stack =      /* unspecified */;	(2)	(since C++11) (inline since C++17)

1) The error_type is a type that describes errors that may occur during regular expression parsing.

Constants

Name	Explanation
error_collate	the expression contains an invalid collating element name
error_ctype	the expression contains an invalid character class name
error_escape	the expression contains an invalid escaped character or a trailing escape
error_backref	the expression contains an invalid back reference
error_brack	the expression contains mismatched square brackets ('[' and ']')
error_paren	the expression contains mismatched parentheses ('(' and ')')
error_brace	the expression contains mismatched curly braces ('{' and '}')
error_badbrace	the expression contains an invalid range in a {} expression
error_range	the expression contains an invalid character range (e.g. [b-a])
error_space	there was not enough memory to convert the expression into a finite state machine
error_badrepeat	'*', '?', '+' or '{' was not preceded by a valid regular expression
error_complexity	the complexity of an attempted match exceeded a predefined level
error_stack	there was not enough memory to perform a match

Example

Implements regular expressions checker:

Run this code

#include <cstddef>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <regex>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
 
void regular_expression_checker(const std::string& text,
                                const std::string& regex,
                                const std::regex::flag_type flags)
{
    std::cout << "Text: " << std::quoted(text) << '\n'
              << "Regex: " << std::quoted(regex) << '\n';
 
    try
    {
        const std::regex re{regex, flags};
        const bool matched = std::regex_match(text, re);
 
        std::stringstream out;
        out << (matched ? "MATCH!\n" : "DOES NOT MATCH!\n");
 
        std::smatch m;
        if (std::regex_search(text, m, re); !m.empty())
        {
            out << "prefix = [" << m.prefix().str().data() << "]\n";
 
            for (std::size_t i{}; i != m.size(); ++i)
                out << "  m[" << i << "] = [" << m[i].str().data() << "]\n";
 
            out << "suffix = [" << m.suffix().str().data() << "]\n";
        }
        std::cout << out.str() << '\n';
    }
    catch (std::regex_error& e)
    {
        std::cout << "Error: " << e.what() << ".\n\n";
    }
}
 
int main()
{
    constexpr std::regex::flag_type your_flags
        = std::regex::flag_type{0}
    // Choose one of the supported grammars:
        | std::regex::ECMAScript
    //  | std::regex::basic
    //  | std::regex::extended
    //  | std::regex::awk
    //  | std::regex::grep
    //  | std::regex::egrep
    // Choose any of the next options:
    //  | std::regex::icase
    //  | std::regex::nosubs
    //  | std::regex::optimize
    //  | std::regex::collate
    //  | std::regex::multiline
        ;
 
    const std::string your_text = "Hello regular expressions.";
    const std::string your_regex = R"(([a-zA-Z]+) ([a-z]+) ([a-z]+)\.)";
    regular_expression_checker(your_text, your_regex, your_flags);
 
    regular_expression_checker("Invalid!", R"(((.)(.))", your_flags);
    regular_expression_checker("Invalid!", R"([.)", your_flags);
    regular_expression_checker("Invalid!", R"([.]{})", your_flags);
    regular_expression_checker("Invalid!", R"([1-0])", your_flags);
}

Possible output:

Text: "Hello regular expressions."
Regex: "([a-zA-Z]+) ([a-z]+) ([a-z]+)\\."
MATCH!
prefix = []
  m[0] = [Hello regular expressions.]
  m[1] = [Hello]
  m[2] = [regular]
  m[3] = [expressions]
suffix = []
 
Text: "Invalid!"
Regex: "((.)(.)"
Error: Mismatched '(' and ')' in regular expression.
 
Text: "Invalid!"
Regex: "[."
Error: Unexpected character within '[...]' in regular expression.
 
Text: "Invalid!"
Regex: "[.]{}"
Error: Invalid range in '{}' in regular expression.
 
Text: "Invalid!"
Regex: "[1-0]"
Error: Invalid range in bracket expression..

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 2053	C++11	the constants were declared static	removed the static specifier

See also

regex_error (C++11)

reports errors generated by the regular expressions library (class)