I have a regex that I am using to match various pairs of curly braces so I can comment them out during development.
My RegEx is:
/{{.+_includes\s*}}|[^>\s]*{{\s*|\s*}}[^<\s]*|{%.+%}/g
And this matches the substrings I've wrapped in # signs:
1. #{{ #builtin_body_classes# }}#
2. #"{{ #builtin_body_classes# }}# no-js"
3. "no-js #{{ #builtin_body_classes# }}"#
4. "no-js some-other-class #{{#builtin_body_classes#}}"#
5. #{{standard_header_includes}}#
6. #{{ standard_footer_includes }}#
7. <title>#{{ #page_meta.html_title# }}#</title>
8. #{% type_of_module "unique_module_name" parameterString='String parameter value', parmeterBoolean=True %}#
Note the whitespace (two spaces) the lead and trail each line are not matched and nor are the example title tags.
This works exactly as I want for all but two cases — the lines that are wrapped in quotes (cases 2, 3 and 4).
For these cases I would like the quotes and substrings that lead or trail the curly braces also included in the match e.g.
2. #"{{ #builtin_body_classes# }} no-js"#
3. #"no-js {{ #builtin_body_classes# }}"#
4. #"no-js some-other-class {{#builtin_body_classes#}}"#
Again, I've wrapped the substrings I would like to match between # signs.
Would very much appreciate help to achieve this, and I'm sure my regex could be optimised too ;-)
I've now solved the problem. My regex is:
/{{.+_includes\s*}}|(?:"+.*|[^>\s]*){{\s*|\s*}}(?:.*"+|[^<\s]*)|{%.+%}/g
You can see my matches below and also live at http://regexr.com/3fijm
1. #{{ #builtin_body_classes# }}#
2. #"{{ #builtin_body_classes# }} no-js"#
3. #"no-js {{ #builtin_body_classes# }}"#
4. #"no-js some-other-class {{#builtin_body_classes#}}"#
5. #{{standard_header_includes}}#
6. #{{ standard_footer_includes }}#
7. <title>#{{ #page_meta.html_title# }}#</title>
8. #{% type_of_module "unique_module_name" parameterString='String parameter value', parmeterBoolean=True %}#
As I said in my original question I am sure this regex could be optimised or improved. So suggestions welcome!