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# balanced-match |
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Match balanced string pairs, like `{` and `}` or `<b>` and `</b>`. Supports regular expressions as well! |
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[![build status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/juliangruber/balanced-match.svg)](http://travis-ci.org/juliangruber/balanced-match) |
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[![downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/balanced-match.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/balanced-match) |
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[![testling badge](https://ci.testling.com/juliangruber/balanced-match.png)](https://ci.testling.com/juliangruber/balanced-match) |
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## Example |
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Get the first matching pair of braces: |
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```js |
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var balanced = require('balanced-match'); |
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console.log(balanced('{', '}', 'pre{in{nested}}post')); |
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console.log(balanced('{', '}', 'pre{first}between{second}post')); |
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console.log(balanced(/\s+\{\s+/, /\s+\}\s+/, 'pre { in{nest} } post')); |
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``` |
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The matches are: |
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```bash |
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$ node example.js |
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{ start: 3, end: 14, pre: 'pre', body: 'in{nested}', post: 'post' } |
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{ start: 3, |
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end: 9, |
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pre: 'pre', |
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body: 'first', |
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post: 'between{second}post' } |
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{ start: 3, end: 17, pre: 'pre', body: 'in{nest}', post: 'post' } |
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``` |
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## API |
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### var m = balanced(a, b, str) |
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For the first non-nested matching pair of `a` and `b` in `str`, return an |
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object with those keys: |
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* **start** the index of the first match of `a` |
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* **end** the index of the matching `b` |
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* **pre** the preamble, `a` and `b` not included |
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* **body** the match, `a` and `b` not included |
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* **post** the postscript, `a` and `b` not included |
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If there's no match, `undefined` will be returned. |
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If the `str` contains more `a` than `b` / there are unmatched pairs, the first match that was closed will be used. For example, `{{a}` will match `['{', 'a', '']` and `{a}}` will match `['', 'a', '}']`. |
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### var r = balanced.range(a, b, str) |
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For the first non-nested matching pair of `a` and `b` in `str`, return an |
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array with indexes: `[ <a index>, <b index> ]`. |
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If there's no match, `undefined` will be returned. |
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If the `str` contains more `a` than `b` / there are unmatched pairs, the first match that was closed will be used. For example, `{{a}` will match `[ 1, 3 ]` and `{a}}` will match `[0, 2]`. |
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## Installation |
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With [npm](https://npmjs.org) do: |
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```bash |
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npm install balanced-match |
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``` |
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## Security contact information |
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To report a security vulnerability, please use the |
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[Tidelift security contact](https://tidelift.com/security). |
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Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure. |
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## License |
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(MIT) |
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Copyright (c) 2013 Julian Gruber <julian@juliangruber.com> |
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of |
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this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in |
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the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to |
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use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies |
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of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do |
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so, subject to the following conditions: |
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all |
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copies or substantial portions of the Software. |
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR |
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IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, |
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE |
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AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER |
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, |
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE |
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SOFTWARE.
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