// Part 1 about Regular Expression Matching
//==========================================
abstract class Rexp
case object ZERO extends Rexp
case object ONE extends Rexp
case class CHAR(c: Char) extends Rexp
case class ALT(r1: Rexp, r2: Rexp) extends Rexp
case class SEQ(r1: Rexp, r2: Rexp) extends Rexp
case class STAR(r: Rexp) extends Rexp
// some convenience for typing in regular expressions
import scala.language.implicitConversions
import scala.language.reflectiveCalls
def charlist2rexp(s: List[Char]): Rexp = s match {
case Nil => ONE
case c::Nil => CHAR(c)
case c::s => SEQ(CHAR(c), charlist2rexp(s))
}
implicit def string2rexp(s: String): Rexp = charlist2rexp(s.toList)
implicit def RexpOps (r: Rexp) = new {
def | (s: Rexp) = ALT(r, s)
def % = STAR(r)
def ~ (s: Rexp) = SEQ(r, s)
}
implicit def stringOps (s: String) = new {
def | (r: Rexp) = ALT(s, r)
def | (r: String) = ALT(s, r)
def % = STAR(s)
def ~ (r: Rexp) = SEQ(s, r)
def ~ (r: String) = SEQ(s, r)
}
// (1a) Complete the function nullable according to
// the definition given in the coursework; this
// function checks whether a regular expression
// can match the empty string
def nullable (r: Rexp) : Boolean = r match {
case ZERO => false
case ONE => true
case CHAR(_) => false
case ALT(r1, r2) => nullable(r1) || nullable(r2)
case SEQ(r1, r2) => nullable(r1) && nullable(r2)
case STAR(_) => true
}
// (1b) Complete the function der according to
// the definition given in the coursework; this
// function calculates the derivative of a
// regular expression w.r.t. a character
def der (c: Char, r: Rexp) : Rexp = r match {
case ZERO => ZERO
case ONE => ZERO
case CHAR(d) => if (c == d) ONE else ZERO
case ALT(r1, r2) => ALT(der(c, r1), der(c, r2))
case SEQ(r1, r2) =>
if (nullable(r1)) ALT(SEQ(der(c, r1), r2), der(c, r2))
else SEQ(der(c, r1), r2)
case STAR(r1) => SEQ(der(c, r1), STAR(r1))
}
// (1c) Complete the function der according to
// the specification given in the coursework; this
// function simplifies a regular expression;
// however it does not simplify inside STAR-regular
// expressions
def simp(r: Rexp) : Rexp = r match {
case ALT(r1, r2) => (simp(r1), simp(r2)) match {
case (ZERO, r2s) => r2s
case (r1s, ZERO) => r1s
case (r1s, r2s) => if (r1s == r2s) r1s else ALT (r1s, r2s)
}
case SEQ(r1, r2) => (simp(r1), simp(r2)) match {
case (ZERO, _) => ZERO
case (_, ZERO) => ZERO
case (ONE, r2s) => r2s
case (r1s, ONE) => r1s
case (r1s, r2s) => SEQ(r1s, r2s)
}
case r => r
}
// (1d) Complete the two functions below; the first
// calculates the derivative w.r.t. a string; the second
// is the regular expression matcher taking a regular
// expression and a string and checks whether the
// string matches the regular expression
def ders (s: List[Char], r: Rexp) : Rexp = s match {
case Nil => r
case c::s => ders(s, simp(der(c, r)))
}
// main matcher function
def matcher(r: Rexp, s: String): Boolean = nullable(ders(s.toList, r))
// (1e) Complete the function below: it searches (from the left to
// right) in string s1 all the non-empty substrings that match the
// regular expression -- these substrings are assumed to be
// the longest substrings matched by the regular expression and
// assumed to be non-overlapping. All these substrings in s1 are replaced
// by s2.
def splits(s: String): List[(String, String)] =
(for (i <- (1 to s.length).toList) yield s.splitAt(i)).reverse
splits("abcde")
splits("")
def first(r: Rexp, lst: List[(String, String)]): Option[String] = lst match {
case Nil => None
case (s1, s2)::xs => if (matcher(r, s1)) Some(s2) else first(r, xs)
}
"abcd".head
def replace(r: Rexp, s1: String, s2: String): String = first(r, splits(s1)) match {
case None if (s1 == "") => ""
case None => s1.head.toString ++ replace(r, s1.tail, s2)
case Some(s) => s2 ++ replace(r, s, s2)
}
val s1 = "aabbbaaaaaaabaaaaabbaaaabb"
val r: Rexp = "aa".% | "bb"
splits(s1)
first(r, splits(s1))
replace(r, s1, "c")
splits("bb")
first(r, splits("bb"))
replace(r, "abb", "c")
replace(r, "abb", "")
replace("aa".% | "bb", "abba" , "")
val r = SEQ("a",SEQ("b", "c"))
val r = SEQ(SEQ("a", "b"), "c")
val rm = der('a', r)
der('b', r)
der('c', r)
der('a', rm)
val rn = der('b', rm)
der('c', rm)
der('a', rn)
der('b', rn)
der('c', rn)
// some testing data
// the supposedly 'evil' regular expression (a*)* b
val EVIL = SEQ(STAR(STAR(CHAR('a'))), CHAR('b'))
ders(List.fill(5)('a') , EVIL)
ders(List.fill(1)('b') , EVIL)
matcher(EVIL, "a" * 15 ++ "b")
matcher(EVIL, "b")
println(matcher(EVIL, "a" * 1000 ++ "b"))
println(matcher(EVIL, "a" * 1000))
def time_needed[T](i: Int, code: => T) = {
val start = System.nanoTime()
for (j <- 1 to i) code
val end = System.nanoTime()
(end - start)/(i * 1.0e9)
}
for (i <- 1 to 5000001 by 500000) {
println(i + " " + "%.5f".format(time_needed(2, matcher(EVIL, "a" * i))))
}