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C++: what regex library should I use?

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I'm working on a commercial (not open source) C++ project that runs on a linux-based system. I need to do some regex within the C++ code. (I know: I now have 2 problems.)



QUESTION: What libraries do people who regularly do regex from C/C++ recommend I look into? A quick search has brought the following to my attention:



1) Boost.Regex (I need to go read the Boost Software License, but this question is not about software licenses)



2) C (not C++) POSIX regex (#include <regex.h>, regcomp, regexec, etc.)



3) http://freshmeat.net/projects/cpp_regex/ (I know nothing about this one; seems to be GPL, therefore not usable on this project)



Thanks.


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  1. UserMay 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    Boost.Regex is very good and is slated to become part of the C++0x standard (it's already in TR1).

    Personally, I find Boost.Xpressive much nicer to work with. It is a header-only library and it has some nice features such as static regexes (regexes compiled at compile time).

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  2. UserMay 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    In C++ projects past, I have used PCRE with good success. It's very complete and well-tested since it's used in many high profile projects. And I see that Google has contributed a set of C++ wrappers for PCRE recently, too.

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  3. UserMay 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    Boost has regex in it.

    That should fill the bill

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  4. UserMay 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    Thanks for all the suggestions.

    I tried out a few things today, and with the stuff we're trying to do, I opted for the simplest solution where I don't have to download any other 3rd-party library. In the end, I #include <regex.h> and used the standard C POSIX calls regcomp() and regexec(). Not C++, but in a pinch this proved to be the easiest.

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  5. UserMay 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    C++ has a builtin regex library since TR1. AFAIK Boost's regex library is very compatible with it and can be used as a replacement, if your standard library doesn't provide TR1.

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  6. UserMay 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    You can also look at fast regex library that was developed at Yandex search engine for doing fast matches of thousands of patterns against huge amounts of data.

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  7. UserMay 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    I faced a similar situation and ended up using Henry Spencers Regexp Engine
    http://www.codeproject.com/KB/string/spencerregexp.aspx

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  8. UserMay 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    Noone here said anything about the one that comes with C++0x.
    If you are using a compiler and the STL that supports C++0x you could just use that instead of having another lib in your project.

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