我实际上是在尝试替换大文本中的所有脚注。我在 Objective-C 中这样做有多种原因,所以请假设这个约束。
每个脚注都有这个:[脚注
每个脚注都以此结尾:]
这两个标记之间绝对可以有任何东西,包括换行符。但是,它们之间永远不会有 ]。
所以,基本上我想匹配 [脚注,然后匹配除 ] 之外的任何内容,直到匹配 ]。
这是我能够识别所有脚注的最接近的:
NSString *regexString = @"[\\[][F][o][o][t][n][o][t][e][^\\]\n]*[\\]]";
使用这个正则表达式可以识别 780/889 脚注。似乎这 780 个都不是误报。它似乎唯一遗漏的是那些有换行符的脚注。
我在 www.regular-expressions.info 上花了很长时间,特别是在关于点的页面上 (http://www.regular-expressions.info/dot.html)。这帮助我创建了上述正则表达式,但我还没有真正弄清楚如何包含任何字符或换行符,除了右括号。
改用下面的正则表达式可以捕获所有的脚注,但它会捕获太多的文本,因为 * 是贪婪的:(?s)[\\[][F][o][o][t][n][o][t][e].*[\\]]
以下是运行正则表达式的一些示例文本:
<p id="id00082">[Footnote 1: In the history of Florence in the early part of the XVIth century <i>Piero di Braccio Martelli</i> is frequently mentioned as <i>Commissario della Signoria</i>. He was famous for his learning and at his death left four books on Mathematics ready for the press; comp. LITTA, <i>Famiglie celebri Italiane</i>, <i>Famiglia Martelli di Firenze</i>.—In the Official Catalogue of MSS. in the Brit. Mus., New Series Vol. I., where this passage is printed, <i>Barto</i> has been wrongly given for Braccio.</p>
<p id="id00083">2. <i>addi 22 di marzo 1508</i>. The Christian era was computed in Florence at that time from the Incarnation (Lady day, March 25th). Hence this should be 1509 by our reckoning.</p>
<p id="id00084">3. <i>racolto tratto di molte carte le quali io ho qui copiate</i>. We must suppose that Leonardo means that he has copied out his own MSS. and not those of others. The first thirteen leaves of the MS. in the Brit. Mus. are a fair copy of some notes on physics.]</p>
<p id="id00085">Suggestions for the arrangement of MSS treating of particular subjects.(5-8).</p>
When you put together the science of the motions of water, remember to include under each proposition its application and use, in order that this science may not be useless.--
[Footnote 2: A comparatively small portion of Leonardo's notes on water-power was published at Bologna in 1828, under the title: "_Del moto e misura dell'Acqua, di L. da Vinci_".]
在此示例中,有两个脚注和一些非脚注文本。如您所见,第一个脚注在其中包含两个换行符。第二个不包含换行符。
我上面提到的第一个正则表达式将设法捕获此示例文本中的脚注 2,但它不会捕获脚注 1,因为它包含换行符。
对我的正则表达式的任何改进将不胜感激。