VerbEx spec across languages? about csharpverbalexpressions HOT 3 CLOSED

I like the idea of predefined expressions, some commons ones would definetly speed things up.

Also, I think, that specification/API is needed if we want to keep ports synchronized, otherwise we'll end up doing things differently (by means of API/methods etc) in different ports.

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A spec is good, a simple listing of words and corresponding regex would be good as well. I'd actually opt for a general structure per name to look at rather than a whole host of functions (prefer second example over first).

Where each function can simply be overloaded to take a constant structure that defines the regex. That way you could keep the same amount of functions, but just add functionality to a list containing things like email, phone number, etc. It would be easier to extend and keep the api interface a bit simpler.

What I think would be ideal is a general structure that can be used in any function, and each function can just obey its rules rather than a giant switch statement per function, however I think that is solely in the hands of the implementers per port.

Some ones I'd like to see:

• email
• phone
• url
• date
• ip address
• rgb color hex value
• decimal number
• time format

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Moved the default regex issue to the general implementation project:
VerbalExpressions/implementation#5

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