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diff --git a/node_modules/balanced-match/README.md b/node_modules/balanced-match/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..08e918c --- /dev/null +++ b/node_modules/balanced-match/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +# balanced-match + +Match balanced string pairs, like `{` and `}` or `<b>` and `</b>`. Supports regular expressions as well! + +[![build status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/juliangruber/balanced-match.svg)](http://travis-ci.org/juliangruber/balanced-match) +[![downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/balanced-match.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/balanced-match) + +[![testling badge](https://ci.testling.com/juliangruber/balanced-match.png)](https://ci.testling.com/juliangruber/balanced-match) + +## Example + +Get the first matching pair of braces: + +```js +var balanced = require('balanced-match'); + +console.log(balanced('{', '}', 'pre{in{nested}}post')); +console.log(balanced('{', '}', 'pre{first}between{second}post')); +console.log(balanced(/\s+\{\s+/, /\s+\}\s+/, 'pre { in{nest} } post')); +``` + +The matches are: + +```bash +$ node example.js +{ start: 3, end: 14, pre: 'pre', body: 'in{nested}', post: 'post' } +{ start: 3, + end: 9, + pre: 'pre', + body: 'first', + post: 'between{second}post' } +{ start: 3, end: 17, pre: 'pre', body: 'in{nest}', post: 'post' } +``` + +## API + +### var m = balanced(a, b, str) + +For the first non-nested matching pair of `a` and `b` in `str`, return an +object with those keys: + +* **start** the index of the first match of `a` +* **end** the index of the matching `b` +* **pre** the preamble, `a` and `b` not included +* **body** the match, `a` and `b` not included +* **post** the postscript, `a` and `b` not included + +If there's no match, `undefined` will be returned. + +If the `str` contains more `a` than `b` / there are unmatched pairs, the first match that was closed will be used. For example, `{{a}` will match `['{', 'a', '']` and `{a}}` will match `['', 'a', '}']`. + +### var r = balanced.range(a, b, str) + +For the first non-nested matching pair of `a` and `b` in `str`, return an +array with indexes: `[ <a index>, <b index> ]`. + +If there's no match, `undefined` will be returned. + +If the `str` contains more `a` than `b` / there are unmatched pairs, the first match that was closed will be used. For example, `{{a}` will match `[ 1, 3 ]` and `{a}}` will match `[0, 2]`. + +## Installation + +With [npm](https://npmjs.org) do: + +```bash +npm install balanced-match +``` + +## License + +(MIT) + +Copyright (c) 2013 Julian Gruber <julian@juliangruber.com> + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of +this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in +the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to +use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies +of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do +so, subject to the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all +copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, +OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE +SOFTWARE. |