package main
import (
"regexp"
"fmt"
)
func main() {
var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)(?=^.{1,50}$)^[a-zA-Z]+([ \-'][a-zA-Z]+)*?$`)
var str = `5
-- should fail
foster
-- should match
foster steve
-- should match
foster-morrison
-- should match
hello
-- should match
*RKER(($(#$)#$#L$KLK#$*
-- should fail
dfkfsdkfskdfjksjfksfksjfskjfksjfskfksjfksfksfskfd
-- should match
jkddkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkskdldkfdlkfdfkdfkdlkdkdkdffddfdfdfdgggfgfgfggggggg
-- should FAIL, too long
jkddkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkdkskdldkfdlkfdfkdfkdlkdkdkd-ffddfdfdfdgggfgfgfgggggggd
-- should FAIL, too long
dkfkerksf------aaa-----
-- should fail
test---me
-- should fail
test'''me
-- fails
foster-mo
-- should match
f-morrison
-- should match
griffith-joiner
-- should match
test-
-- should fail
-dkd
-- should fail
d'andre
-- should match
d'andre-jordan
-- should match
jordan-d'andre-joe-b'bob
-- should match
\b[a-zA-Z]+?\b :: matches a last name
\b[a-zA-Z]+? [a-zA-Z]+?\b :: matches a space'd last name
\b[a-zA-Z]+?\-[a-zA-Z]+?\b :: matches a hyphenated last name
\b[a-zA-Z]+?'[a-zA-Z]+?\b :: matches an apostrophie'd last name`
for i, match := range re.FindAllString(str, -1) {
fmt.Println(match, "found at index", i)
}
}
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Golang, please visit: https://golang.org/pkg/regexp/