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bug #49659: Non-empty ouput for non-matching regexp with 'names' option

Submitter:  Guillaume <gyom>
Submitted:  Mon 21 Nov 2016 12:38:16 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Guillaume Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:06:17 PM UTC, comment #3: 

I checked in a fix here (http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/cb09392b5b1c).  I also added an announcement to the NEWS file since some coders may be relying on the existing format.

Rik <rik5>
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Mon 21 Nov 2016 05:50:34 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Interesting.  This feature was probably implemented without a lot of checking for Matlab compatibility.  It should be relatively easy to return a struct array, rather than a scalar structure.

The file to modify is regexp.cc in libinterp/corefcn.

There are two functions, octregexp and octcellregexp, which probably need modification.  The relevant code for octregexp is shown below.


  // Converted the linked list in the correct form for the return values

  octave_idx_type i = 0;
  octave_scalar_map nmap;

  retval.resize (7);

  if (sz == 1)
    {
      string_vector named_tokens = rx_lst.begin ()->named_tokens ();

      for (int j = 0; j < named_pats.numel (); j++)
        nmap.assign (named_pats(j), named_tokens(j));

      retval(5) = nmap;
    }
  else
    {
      for (int j = 0; j < named_pats.numel (); j++)
        {
          Cell tmp (dim_vector (1, sz));

          i = 0;
          for (octave::regexp::match_data::const_iterator p = rx_lst.begin ();
               p != rx_lst.end (); p++)
            {
              string_vector named_tokens = p->named_tokens ();

              tmp(i++) = named_tokens(j);
            }

          nmap.assign (named_pats(j), octave_value (tmp));
        }

      retval(5) = nmap;
    }


As you can see, in the case of multiple return arguments, it creates a temporary cell and stuffs the results into that cell array, and then assigns to the structure, under the ptn name, the temporary cell array.


Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Mon 21 Nov 2016 12:53:19 PM UTC, comment #1: 

The output also differs  if there is more than one match as the output should be a structure array but Octave creates a structure with cell arrays in fields:


>> str='aaa 10  bbb 20';
>> regexp(str,'(?<file>\S+) (?<id>[0-9]+)','names')
ans =

  scalar structure containing the fields:

    file =
    {
      [1,1] = aaa
      [1,2] = bbb
    }
    id =
    {
      [1,1] = 10
      [1,2] = 20
    }


while Matlab does:


>> str='aaa 10  bbb 20';
>> regexp(str,'(?<file>\S+) (?<id>[0-9]+)','names')
ans =
  1×2 struct array with fields:
    file
    id


Guillaume <gyom>
Mon 21 Nov 2016 12:38:16 PM UTC, original submission:  

Octave's output differs from Matlab's when using the 'names' flag and nothing matches.

Octave:


>> r = regexp('nothing','(?<file>\S+) (?<id>[0-9]+)','names')
r =

  scalar structure containing the fields:

    file = {}(1x0)
    id = {}(1x0)

>> size(r)
ans =

   1   1


and Matlab:


>> r = regexp('nothing','(?<file>\S+) (?<id>[0-9]+)','names')
r =
  0×0 empty struct array with fields:
    file
    id
>> size(r)
ans =
     0     0


Guillaume <gyom>

 

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