Syntax.Comments

Each comment must start with # (space hash). Everything following in that line is comment and will be removed from output If your pattern uses #, escape it like \#

Syntax.Functions

::functionName(arg1 ;; arg2 ;; arg3) ## Comments if you want

The function must be the only thing on the line. Comments allowed.
Args must not be quoted. Every arg will be trimmed (surrounding whitespace is removed).
Args are separated by ' ;; ' (space semicolon semicolon space)

Syntax.Refs

Functions can accept a refs list as an argument. Each ref is closed in double moustaches {{refname}}

## Combine selected refs with the bar (|) separator
::combine( {{ref1}}{{ref2}}{{ref3}} ;; |)

Each ref name can be composed of a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and/or special chars: . - _

Example.Simple

$dataSet = [ 'one'=> 'one ::ref(two)', // 'one'=> 'one ::ref(two ;; {{na}}{{cool}}{{happy}})', 'two'=> 'two ::ref(three)', 'three'=> 'three' ]; $startReg = $dataSet['one']; // $funcHandler = new \RegWithSimpleArray($dataSet); $br = new \RegWithSimpleArray($dataSet);

$finalReg = $br->parse($startReg); $targetReg= 'one two three'; // $finalReg == $targetReg

Example.Cleaning.Src

<<<REGEX One #a comment at the start

Another start of line comment

#\
\ eol_esc_slash\\\\\\ eol_space_test\\\\\
abc\ #Should this be a comment? It IS, only because making it NOT a comment is much more complicated & harder to communicate. def\ #this IS a comment ghi\ #this is not a comment jkl\\ #this IS a comment # \ Two # Am a comment ( ( # Am another comment #Three # This seems like a lot of comments #[0-9] # You need escape your # lie # to use a space + hash as not-a-comment ))? REGEX,

Example.Cleaning.Target

'One\#\ \ \ eol_esc_slash\\\\\\eol_space_test\\\\\ abc\ def\ ghi\ \#this is not a commentjkl\\\ Two( (#Three))?',

Example.AnimalStuffsReg

::funcName(arg1 ;; arg2 ;; {{BabySeal}}{{HappyCat}}{{FunnyGiraffe}})

Example.AnimalStuffsOut

arg1-arg2-FunnyGiraffe

Example.AnimalStuffsClass

class AnimalStuffs extends BetterReg {

public function regFuncName($namespace, $arg1, $arg2, $animals){
    $arg1 == 'arg1';
    $arg2 == 'arg2';
    $animals == ['BabySeal','HappyCat','FunnyGiraffe'];
    return $arg1.'-'.$arg2.'-'.$animals[2];
}

}

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