How to split string two between characters - string

Question

I want to split a string up between two characters( {{ and }} ).
I have an string like {{number1}} + {{number2}} > {{number3}}
and I'm looking for something that returns:
[number1, number2, number3]

Answer 1

You can try it with Regex:
s := "{{number1}} + {{number2}} > {{number3}}"
// Find all substrings in form {<var name>}
re := regexp.MustCompile("{[a-z]*[0-9]*[a-z]*}")
nums := re.FindAllString(s, -1)
// Remove '{' and '}' from all substrings
for i, _ := range nums {
nums[i] = strings.TrimPrefix(nums[i], "{")
nums[i] = strings.TrimSuffix(nums[i], "}")
}
fmt.Println(nums) // output: [number1 number2 number3]
You can experiment with regex here: https://regex101.com/r/kkPWAS/1

Answer 2

Use the regex [A-Za-z]+[0-9] and filter the alpha numeric parts of the string as string array.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
)
func main() {
s := `{{number1}} + {{number2}} > {{number3}}`
re := regexp.MustCompile("[A-Za-z]+[0-9]")
p := re.FindAllString(s, -1)
fmt.Println(p) //[number1 number2 number3]
}

Answer 3

the hard way using the template parser ^^
package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"text/template/parse"
)
func main() {
input := "{{number1}} + {{number2}} > {{number3}}"
out := parseit(input)
fmt.Printf("%#v\n", out)
}
func parseit(input string) (out []string) {
input = strings.Replace(input, "{{", "{{.", -1) // Force func calls to become variables.
tree, err := parse.Parse("", input, "{{", "}}")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
visit(tree[""].Root, func(n parse.Node) bool {
x, ok := n.(*parse.FieldNode)
if ok {
out = append(out, strings.Join(x.Ident, "."))
}
return true
})
return
}
func visit(n parse.Node, fn func(parse.Node) bool) bool {
if n == nil {
return true
}
if !fn(n) {
return false
}
if l, ok := n.(*parse.ListNode); ok {
for _, nn := range l.Nodes {
if !visit(nn, fn) {
continue
}
}
}
if l, ok := n.(*parse.RangeNode); ok {
if !visit(l.BranchNode.Pipe, fn) {
return false
}
if l.BranchNode.List != nil {
if !visit(l.BranchNode.List, fn) {
return false
}
}
if l.BranchNode.ElseList != nil {
if !visit(l.BranchNode.ElseList, fn) {
return false
}
}
}
if l, ok := n.(*parse.ActionNode); ok {
for _, c := range l.Pipe.Decl {
if !visit(c, fn) {
continue
}
}
for _, c := range l.Pipe.Cmds {
if !visit(c, fn) {
continue
}
}
}
if l, ok := n.(*parse.CommandNode); ok {
for _, a := range l.Args {
if !visit(a, fn) {
continue
}
}
}
if l, ok := n.(*parse.PipeNode); ok {
for _, a := range l.Decl {
if !visit(a, fn) {
continue
}
}
for _, a := range l.Cmds {
if !visit(a, fn) {
continue
}
}
}
return true
}
If it happens you really were manipulating template string, but fails to do so due to function calls and that you do not want to execute this input = strings.Replace(input, "{{", "{{.", -1) // Force func calls to become variables.
You can always force load a template using functions similar to
var reMissingIdent = regexp.MustCompile(`template: :[0-9]+: function "([^"]+)" not defined`)
func ParseTextTemplateAnyway(s string) (*texttemplate.Template, texttemplate.FuncMap, error) {
fn := texttemplate.FuncMap{}
for {
t, err := texttemplate.New("").Funcs(fn).Parse(s)
if err == nil {
return t, fn, err
}
s := err.Error()
res := reMissingIdent.FindAllStringSubmatch(s, -1)
if len(res) > 0 {
fn[res[0][1]] = func(s ...interface{}) string { return "" }
} else {
return t, fn, err
}
}
// return nil, nil
}

Answer 4

You don't need to use libraries. You can create your own function.
package main
const r1 = '{'
const r2 = '}'
func GetStrings(in string) (out []string) {
var tren string
wr := false
f := true
for _, c := range in {
if wr && c != r2 {
tren = tren + string(c)
}
if c == r1 {
f = !f
wr = f
}
if c == r2 {
wr = false
if f {
out = append(out, tren)
tren = ""
}
f = !f
}
}
return
}