How do you say the position after the last pattern match?
I am struggling to find the proper variable name by pattern matching. When I have a pattern like "abc" and I have a string like "123abc456", then we have 2 positions here related to the pattern match. The first position is after the "123" part at the beginning of the match and the second position is before the "456" part at the ending of the match: "123|abc|456". These positions are the number of the characters from the beginning of the string and we call them "index" in programming (so the values are 3 and 6 in this case). I named the first position as "match.index" and I am looking for a better name than "match.afterIndex" for the second position, but I could not come up with anything more expressive so far. I can rename the "index" too if necessary. Any idea?
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I am struggling to find the proper variable name by pattern matching. When I have a pattern like "abc" and I have a string like "123abc456", then we have 2 positions here related to the pattern match. The first position is after the "123" part at the beginning of the match and the second position is before the "456" part at the ending of the match: "123|abc|456". These positions are the number of the characters from the beginning of the string and we call them "index" in programming (so the values are 3 and 6 in this case). I named the first position as "match.index" and I am looking for a better name than "match.afterIndex" for the second position, but I could not come up with anything more expressive so far. I can rename the "index" too if necessary. Any idea?
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I'm voting to close this question because the naming of variables and other programming artifacts is specifically off topic here.
– Robusto
4 hours ago
It doesn't matter. The names won't be seen or known by the end-user. All that matters is that they are clear for you and anyone else who reads the code.
– Weather Vane
3 hours ago
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It seems odd to me that you want to know the index of the first character following the last character of the matched substring. Why not track the start position of the matched substring and the end position of the matched substring?
– TRomano
3 hours ago
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You either need to mark the first and last characters of the match (or first character post-match as you prefer?), or you should mark the start of the match and give a length of the match string. But I’ve known programmers to use variable names like "s", "e", "l", so it’s really too much of a matter of opinion to be on topic here.
– Pam
3 hours ago
@Robusto Well it is still about how you express yourself in English. I could rephrase the question to not contain programming terms, but it is easier to explain the problem within this context.
– inf3rno
2 hours ago
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I am struggling to find the proper variable name by pattern matching. When I have a pattern like "abc" and I have a string like "123abc456", then we have 2 positions here related to the pattern match. The first position is after the "123" part at the beginning of the match and the second position is before the "456" part at the ending of the match: "123|abc|456". These positions are the number of the characters from the beginning of the string and we call them "index" in programming (so the values are 3 and 6 in this case). I named the first position as "match.index" and I am looking for a better name than "match.afterIndex" for the second position, but I could not come up with anything more expressive so far. I can rename the "index" too if necessary. Any idea?
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asked 5 hours ago
inf3rnoinf3rno
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I am struggling to find the proper variable name by pattern matching. When I have a pattern like "abc" and I have a string like "123abc456", then we have 2 positions here related to the pattern match. The first position is after the "123" part at the beginning of the match and the second position is before the "456" part at the ending of the match: "123|abc|456". These positions are the number of the characters from the beginning of the string and we call them "index" in programming (so the values are 3 and 6 in this case). I named the first position as "match.index" and I am looking for a better name than "match.afterIndex" for the second position, but I could not come up with anything more expressive so far. I can rename the "index" too if necessary. Any idea?
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inf3rnoinf3rno
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asked 5 hours ago
inf3rnoinf3rno
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I'm voting to close this question because the naming of variables and other programming artifacts is specifically off topic here.
– Robusto
4 hours ago
It doesn't matter. The names won't be seen or known by the end-user. All that matters is that they are clear for you and anyone else who reads the code.
– Weather Vane
3 hours ago
1
It seems odd to me that you want to know the index of the first character following the last character of the matched substring. Why not track the start position of the matched substring and the end position of the matched substring?
– TRomano
3 hours ago
1
You either need to mark the first and last characters of the match (or first character post-match as you prefer?), or you should mark the start of the match and give a length of the match string. But I’ve known programmers to use variable names like "s", "e", "l", so it’s really too much of a matter of opinion to be on topic here.
– Pam
3 hours ago
@Robusto Well it is still about how you express yourself in English. I could rephrase the question to not contain programming terms, but it is easier to explain the problem within this context.
– inf3rno
2 hours ago
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I'm voting to close this question because the naming of variables and other programming artifacts is specifically off topic here.
– Robusto
4 hours ago
It doesn't matter. The names won't be seen or known by the end-user. All that matters is that they are clear for you and anyone else who reads the code.
– Weather Vane
3 hours ago
1
It seems odd to me that you want to know the index of the first character following the last character of the matched substring. Why not track the start position of the matched substring and the end position of the matched substring?
– TRomano
3 hours ago
1
You either need to mark the first and last characters of the match (or first character post-match as you prefer?), or you should mark the start of the match and give a length of the match string. But I’ve known programmers to use variable names like "s", "e", "l", so it’s really too much of a matter of opinion to be on topic here.
– Pam
3 hours ago
@Robusto Well it is still about how you express yourself in English. I could rephrase the question to not contain programming terms, but it is easier to explain the problem within this context.
– inf3rno
2 hours ago
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I'm voting to close this question because the naming of variables and other programming artifacts is specifically off topic here.
– Robusto
4 hours ago
I'm voting to close this question because the naming of variables and other programming artifacts is specifically off topic here.
– Robusto
4 hours ago
It doesn't matter. The names won't be seen or known by the end-user. All that matters is that they are clear for you and anyone else who reads the code.
– Weather Vane
3 hours ago
It doesn't matter. The names won't be seen or known by the end-user. All that matters is that they are clear for you and anyone else who reads the code.
– Weather Vane
3 hours ago
1
1
It seems odd to me that you want to know the index of the first character following the last character of the matched substring. Why not track the start position of the matched substring and the end position of the matched substring?
– TRomano
3 hours ago
It seems odd to me that you want to know the index of the first character following the last character of the matched substring. Why not track the start position of the matched substring and the end position of the matched substring?
– TRomano
3 hours ago
1
1
You either need to mark the first and last characters of the match (or first character post-match as you prefer?), or you should mark the start of the match and give a length of the match string. But I’ve known programmers to use variable names like "s", "e", "l", so it’s really too much of a matter of opinion to be on topic here.
– Pam
3 hours ago
You either need to mark the first and last characters of the match (or first character post-match as you prefer?), or you should mark the start of the match and give a length of the match string. But I’ve known programmers to use variable names like "s", "e", "l", so it’s really too much of a matter of opinion to be on topic here.
– Pam
3 hours ago
@Robusto Well it is still about how you express yourself in English. I could rephrase the question to not contain programming terms, but it is easier to explain the problem within this context.
– inf3rno
2 hours ago
@Robusto Well it is still about how you express yourself in English. I could rephrase the question to not contain programming terms, but it is easier to explain the problem within this context.
– inf3rno
2 hours ago
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I'm voting to close this question because the naming of variables and other programming artifacts is specifically off topic here.
– Robusto
4 hours ago
It doesn't matter. The names won't be seen or known by the end-user. All that matters is that they are clear for you and anyone else who reads the code.
– Weather Vane
3 hours ago
1
It seems odd to me that you want to know the index of the first character following the last character of the matched substring. Why not track the start position of the matched substring and the end position of the matched substring?
– TRomano
3 hours ago
1
You either need to mark the first and last characters of the match (or first character post-match as you prefer?), or you should mark the start of the match and give a length of the match string. But I’ve known programmers to use variable names like "s", "e", "l", so it’s really too much of a matter of opinion to be on topic here.
– Pam
3 hours ago
@Robusto Well it is still about how you express yourself in English. I could rephrase the question to not contain programming terms, but it is easier to explain the problem within this context.
– inf3rno
2 hours ago