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std::regex bug in vs2010 by prog76

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Type:	Bug
ID:	641845
Opened:	2/7/2011 9:45:52 PM
Access Restriction:	Public

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When matching with std::regex results is wrong. Group 4 should not be empty.

^\s*(\d\d\d)T\s+'(.*)'\s*(?:\((\d+)\))?\s*(?:\(\s*(.*?)\s*\))?.*
against
123T 'DATA'(THE)

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Visual Studio 2010

Compatibility

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <regex>
#include <iostream>

#define PATTERN "^" "\\s*" "(\\d\\d\\d)T\\s+'(.*)'\\s*(?:\\((\\d+)\\))?\\s*(?:\\(\\s*(.*?)\\s*\\))?.*"

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    std::smatch matches;
    std::regex matcher(PATTERN);
    std::string str=" 123T 'Data'(THE)";
    regex_search(str, matches, matcher);
    for(unsigned int i=0;i<matches.size();i++)
        std::cout<<i<<":"<<matches[i]<<"\n";
}

English

Windows Vista

English

0: 123T 'DATA'(THE)
1:123
2:DATA
3:
4:

0: 123T 'DATA'(THE)
1:123
2:DATA
3:
4:THE

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Hi,

Thanks for reporting this bug. We've already fixed it, and the fix will be available in VC11. Here's a slightly modified test case with the same string and regex:

C:\Temp>type meow.cpp
#include <stddef.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <ostream>
#include <regex>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    cout << "_MSC_FULL_VER: " << _MSC_FULL_VER << endl;

    const string s(" 123T 'Data'(THE)");
    const string reg("^\\s*(\\d\\d\\d)T\\s+'(.*)'\\s*(?:\\((\\d+)\\))?\\s*(?:\\(\\s*(.*?)\\s*\\))?.*");
    const regex r(reg);

    cout << " s: \"" << s << "\"" << endl;
    cout << " r: \"" << reg << "\"" << endl;

    smatch m;

    if (regex_search(s, m, r)) {
        for (size_t i = 0; i < m.size(); ++i) {
            cout << "m[" << i << "]: \"" << m[i] << "\"" << endl;
        }
    } else {
        cout << "FALSE" << endl;
    }
}

[VC10 RTM]
C:\Temp>cl /EHsc /nologo /W4 meow.cpp
meow.cpp

C:\Temp>meow
_MSC_FULL_VER: 160030319
s: " 123T 'Data'(THE)"
r: "^\s*(\d\d\d)T\s+'(.*)'\s*(?:\((\d+)\))?\s*(?:\(\s*(.*?)\s*\))?.*"
m[0]: " 123T 'Data'(THE)"
m[1]: "123"
m[2]: "Data"
m[3]: ""
m[4]: ""

[My current build of VC11]
C:\Temp>cl /EHsc /nologo /W4 meow.cpp
meow.cpp

C:\Temp>meow
_MSC_FULL_VER: 170040203
s: " 123T 'Data'(THE)"
r: "^\s*(\d\d\d)T\s+'(.*)'\s*(?:\((\d+)\))?\s*(?:\(\s*(.*?)\s*\))?.*"
m[0]: " 123T 'Data'(THE)"
m[1]: "123"
m[2]: "Data"
m[3]: ""
m[4]: "THE"

If you have any further questions, feel free to E-mail me at stl@microsoft.com .

Stephan T. Lavavej
Visual C++ Libraries Developer