Nesting ArkTypes within a regex

Is there a way to put ArkType types within a regex? As an example

const x = type("0<string<3");
const y = type("0<number<10");
const z = type("/x y/");

const x = type("0<string<3");
const y = type("0<number<10");
const z = type("/x y/");

where for z something like hi 3 would be valid, but not hi 13 or hello 5 -- i.e. to be valid, the value passed into z has to be a string of length 1 or 2, followed by a space, followed by a number 1-9 (inclusive))

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TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

I know I can do something like

const z = type(["string", "|>", callback])

const z = type(["string", "|>", callback])

where callback handles the x and y, but I'm looking for a direct way

Dimava•2y ago

https://github.com/arktypeio/arktype/issues/491

GitHub

Template literal · Issue #491 · arktypeio/arktype

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

There's no description, so is that actually what I'm after? If so, good to know it's on the backlog

Dimava•2y ago

You are after `${x} ${y}`, right?

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

Hmm, I guess, yeah I'd like it to work within regexes too I guess I can add a comment to the issue stating that

Dimava•2y ago

How tho? String type can't be a part of regex in general ...well, it can, but that's complicated

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

Hmm, I guess it doesn't strictly have to work within regex, but would be nice to have that Since a regex will always have an equivalent arktype type if this template literal stuff is a thing

Dimava•2y ago

for that you need a "complete" regex type Like /^\d+$/ . And if you get like /\d+\d+\d+\d+/ that's DDOS But well, I like your idea of "regex literals" It's 0<alpha<3 btw Then it can be inferred as

`${0<alpha<3} ${0<integer<10}` = /^\w{1,2}$/ + ' ' + /^\d+$/ = /^(\w{1,2}) (\d+)$/

`${0<alpha<3} ${0<integer<10}` = /^\w{1,2}$/ + ' ' + /^\d+$/ = /^(\w{1,2}) (\d+)$/

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

const address = type("/^\d{1,3}[A-Z]? [A-Za-z ']+, [A-Za-z \-]+, [A-Z]{2}\d{1,2} \d{1,2}[A-Z]{2}$/")

const address = type("/^\d{1,3}[A-Z]? [A-Za-z ']+, [A-Za-z \-]+, [A-Z]{2}\d{1,2} \d{1,2}[A-Z]{2}$/")

for something along the lines of "221B Baker Street, London, NW1 6XE". So I guess the equivalent with template literals, would be something like

const houseNumber = type(/^\d{1,3}[A-Z]?$/);
const road = type(/^[A-Za-z ']+$/);
const city = type(/^[A-Za-z \-]+$/);
const postCode = type(/^[A-Z]{2}\d{1,2} \d{1,2}[A-Z]{2}$/);
const address = type(`${houseNumber} ${road}, ${city}, ${postCode}`)

const houseNumber = type(/^\d{1,3}[A-Z]?$/);
const road = type(/^[A-Za-z ']+$/);
const city = type(/^[A-Za-z \-]+$/);
const postCode = type(/^[A-Z]{2}\d{1,2} \d{1,2}[A-Z]{2}$/);
const address = type(`${houseNumber} ${road}, ${city}, ${postCode}`)

which is much tidier and clearer what's going on. Isn't that different? I think alpha is just letters or something, whereas string is "any string"

Dimava•2y ago

You MUST use selection groups as you may have narrows and morphs Yes

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

Wdym?

Dimava•2y ago

integer string is \d+, integer<987 is the same, you need to parse it to validate further

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

\d+ isn't the same as integer < 999 though. To be the same it'd have to be \d{1,3} (and exclude 999 + handle negatives, I guess)

Dimava•2y ago

Okay, a better case - 0<integer%3<400

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

Which means "greater than 0, less than 400, and a multiple of 3"? Right, so is your point that this can't be represented in regex? I.e. need more validation than just a regex

Dimava•2y ago

Well, %3 can be actually (there's a challenge for that) But generally yes

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

Right, I see, yeah So we'd need to support types in regex too

Dimava•2y ago

Also I would prefer it somehow being able to parse that into object, or a tuple A tuple I think That's where you need regex groups So you first capture group to morph from template literal into a tuple, and then you just have a tuple type do whatever you want I can make an implementation actually Want one?

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

All regexes have an equivalent ArkType type though, right? Even if it requires you to use a morph. So do you really need all types to be possible in regex? Not being able to do 0<integer%3<400 in regex doesn't seem like an issue, since you can just use an ArkType type with template literals instead of a regex type

Dimava•2y ago

I can try to make an implementation if you want

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

If you'd like to, sure :) This was just an example I came up with on-the-spot, I'm not actually needing it.

Dimava•2y ago

https://tenor.com/view/futurama-serious-stare-suspicious-gif-5319823

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suspicious fry

Dimava•2y ago

Anyways, here's my CSV parser @TizzySaurus

TizzySaurusOP•2y ago

Nice! :)

ssalbdivad•2y ago

Really cool stuff 😍 For anyone looking at this in the future, please refer/discuss here: https://github.com/arktypeio/arktype/issues/491 https://github.com/arktypeio/arktype/issues/695

GitHub

Template literal · Issue #491 · arktypeio/arktype

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Type-safe regex · Issue #695 · arktypeio/arktype

This would involve updating the static parser to give more detailed feedback and inference for regex literals embedded in strings. The general goals would be: If a RegExp will throw an error when i...

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