Scala: Matching optional Regular Expression groups
- by Brian Heylin
I'm trying to match on an option group in Scala 2.8 (beta 1) with the following code:
import scala.xml._
val StatementPattern = """([\w\.]+)\s*:\s*([+-])?(\d+)""".r
def buildProperty(input: String): Node = input match {
case StatementPattern(name, value) => <propertyWithoutSign />
case StatementPattern(name, sign, value) => <propertyWithSign />
}
val withSign = "property.name: +10"
val withoutSign = "property.name: 10"
buildProperty(withSign) // <propertyWithSign></propertyWithSign>
buildProperty(withoutSign) // <propertyWithSign></propertyWithSign>
But this is not working. What is the correct way to match optional regex groups?
