CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonpyparsing
mortymacs
mortymacs

Reputation: 3736

pyparsing validation on single/double quotes on strings

I have a formula format which is something like this:

lhs = pp.Word(pp.alphas + pp.alphas8bit + pp.alphanums + "." + "_")
rhs = (
    pp.Optional(pp.oneOf("' \""))
    + pp.Word(pp.alphas + pp.alphas8bit + pp.alphanums + "." + "_" + "-" + ":")
    + pp.Optional(pp.oneOf("' \""))
)
expression = lhs + pp.oneOf("> < = >= <=") + rhs

So, it works fine:

>>> print(expression.parseString("name = 'user1'"))
>>> ['name', '=', "'", 'user1', "'"]
>>> print(expression.parseString('user.id >= 10'))
>>> ['user.id', '>=', '10']

But, how to validate when the rhs starts with " it must be ended with " (double quote) as well and the same for ' (single quote). Also, when input starts with none of them (like Integer) it must end with none of them as well. But now it never validates them:

>>> print(expression.parseString("name = \"user1'"))  # invalid!
>>> ['name', '=', '"', 'user1', "'"]
>>> print(expression.parseString('user.id >= 10"'))  # invalid!
>>> ['user.id', '>=', '10', '"']

So, how to have a validation like this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 303

Answers (1)

shiva
shiva

Reputation: 186

Try it:

lhs = pp.Word(pp.alphas + pp.alphas8bit + pp.alphanums + "." + "_")
rhs_str = pp.Word(pp.alphas + pp.alphas8bit + pp.alphanums + "." + "_" + "-" + ":")
rhs_num = pp.Word(pp.nums)
rhs = (
    (pp.Suppress('"') + rhs_str + pp.Suppress('"'))
    ^ (pp.Suppress("'") + rhs_str + pp.Suppress("'"))
    ^ (rhs_num)
)
expression = lhs + pp.oneOf("> < = >= <=") + rhs

Upvotes: 2

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