From 600088a6629ffefefe582d74e63d52a651150e9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:27:49 -0400
Subject: chapter-2: regular-expressions: Add solution for exercise 2.8.

---
 chapter-2/2.2-regular-expressions.scm | 151 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 151 insertions(+)

diff --git a/chapter-2/2.2-regular-expressions.scm b/chapter-2/2.2-regular-expressions.scm
index 236d778..21e3aad 100644
--- a/chapter-2/2.2-regular-expressions.scm
+++ b/chapter-2/2.2-regular-expressions.scm
@@ -217,3 +217,154 @@
 
 
 ;; Exercise 2.8: Too much nesting
+
+(r:seq (r:quote "a") (r:dot) (r:quote "c"))
+;; => \(\(a\).\(c\)\)
+;; Without nesting it would simply be: a.c
+
+;; Situations that require nesting:
+;; - interval expressions of more than one character: (abc){3,5}
+;; - alternatives that part of a sequence: abc\(def\|ghi\)
+
+(define (r:dot) 'dot)
+(define (r:bol) 'bol)
+(define (r:eol) 'eol)
+
+(define (dot? expr)
+  (eq? expr 'dot))
+
+(define (bol? expr)
+  (eq? expr 'bol))
+
+(define (eol? expr)
+  (eq? expr 'eol))
+
+(define (r:alt . exprs)
+  `(alt ,@exprs))
+
+(define (alt? expr)
+  (and (pair? expr) (eq? (car expr) 'alt)))
+
+(define (seq? expr)
+  (and (pair? expr) (eq? (car expr) 'seq)))
+
+(define (r:group expr)
+  `(group ,expr))
+
+(define (group? expr)
+  (and (pair? expr) (eq? (car expr) 'group)))
+
+(define (r:seq . exprs)
+  (if (= (length exprs) 1)
+      (car exprs)
+      `(seq ,@(append-map (lambda (expr)
+                            (cond
+                             ((alt? expr)
+                              (list (r:group expr)))
+                             ((seq? expr)
+                              (cdr expr))
+                             (else
+                              (list expr))))
+                          exprs))))
+
+(define (r:quote string)
+  (if (= (string-length string) 1)
+      (string-ref string 0)
+      (apply r:seq (string->list string))))
+
+(define (r:repeat min max expr)
+  `(interval ,min ,max
+             ,(if (or (char? expr)
+                      (eol? expr)
+                      (bol? expr)
+                      (dot? expr))
+                  expr
+                  (r:group expr))))
+
+(define (interval? expr)
+  (and (pair? expr) (eq? (car expr) 'interval)))
+
+(define (r:char-from string)
+  (case (string-length string)
+    ((0) (r:seq))
+    ((1) (r:quote string))
+    (else
+     `(char-from ,string))))
+
+(define (char-from? expr)
+  (and (pair? expr) (eq? (car expr) 'char-from)))
+
+(define (r:char-not-from string)
+  `(char-not-from ,string))
+
+(define (char-not-from? expr)
+  (and (pair? expr) (eq? (car expr) 'char-not-from)))
+
+(define (s-regexp->bre expr)
+  (cond
+   ((dot? expr) ".")
+   ((bol? expr) "^")
+   ((eol? expr) "$")
+   ((char? expr)
+    (if (memv expr chars-needing-quoting)
+        (string #\\ expr)
+        (string expr)))
+   ((char-from? expr)
+    (bracket (list-ref expr 1)
+             (lambda (members)
+               (if (lset= eq? '(#\- #\^) members)
+                   '(#\- #\^)
+                   (quote-bracketed-contents members)))))
+   ((char-not-from? expr)
+    (bracket (list-ref expr 1)
+             (lambda (members)
+               (cons #\^ (quote-bracketed-contents members)))))
+   ((group? expr)
+    (string-append "\\(" (s-regexp->bre (list-ref expr 1)) "\\)"))
+   ((alt? expr)
+    (let ((subexprs (cdr expr)))
+      (if (null? subexprs)
+          ""
+          (string-concatenate
+           (cons (s-regexp->bre (car subexprs))
+                 (append-map (lambda (subexpr)
+                               (list "\\|" (s-regexp->bre subexpr)))
+                             (cdr subexprs)))))))
+   ((seq? expr)
+    (string-concatenate
+     (map s-regexp->bre (cdr expr))))
+   ((interval? expr)
+    (let ((min (list-ref expr 1))
+          (max (list-ref expr 2))
+          (subexpr (list-ref expr 3)))
+      (cond
+       ((not max)
+        (string-append (s-regexp->bre subexpr)
+                       "\\{" (number->string min) ",\\}"))
+       ((= max min)
+        (string-append (s-regexp->bre subexpr)
+                       "\\{" (number->string min) "\\}"))
+       (else
+        (string-append (s-regexp->bre subexpr)
+                       "\\{" (number->string min) ","
+                       (number->string max) "\\}")))))
+   (else
+    (error "unsupported expression" expr))))
+
+(grep-test (s-regexp->bre (r:quote "abc"))
+           "abc")
+(grep-test (s-regexp->bre (r:seq (r:quote "a") (r:dot) (r:quote "c")))
+           "abc" "adc")
+(grep-test (s-regexp->bre (r:seq (r:bol) (r:quote "cat") (r:quote "dog") (r:eol)))
+           "catdog"
+           '(not "ccatdogg"))
+(grep-test (s-regexp->bre (r:repeat 1 2 (r:quote "cat")))
+           "cat" "catcat" '(not "dog"))
+(grep-test (s-regexp->bre (r:+ (r:quote "abc")))
+           "abc" "abcabcabc" '(not "ab"))
+(grep-test (s-regexp->bre (r:seq (r:bol) (r:quote "cat") (r:repeat 0 #f (r:dot)) (r:quote "dog") (r:eol)))
+           "catdog" "catfrogdog" '(not "ccatdogg"))
+(grep-test (s-regexp->bre (r:seq (r:quote "frog") (r:alt (r:quote "dog") (r:quote "cat"))))
+           "frogdog" "frogcat" '(not "frogfrog"))
+(grep-test (s-regexp->bre (r:repeat 3 5 (r:alt (r:quote "cat") (r:quote "dog"))))
+           "catdogcat" "dogcatdogcat" "catcatcatdogdog" '(not "catdogfrogcatcat"))
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