Re: Str module : erase double-quoted strings

I would use
  Str.global_replace (Str.regexp "\"[^\"]*\"") ""
"abc\"def\"ghi\"jk\"lm\"nop\"qr"

Note that there are other Regexp libraries around. For example you should
feel free to use PCRE-ocaml instead:
  http://mmottl.github.io/pcre-ocaml/


On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:30 AM, [email protected] [ocaml_beginners]
<[email protected]> wrote:

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> I've always found the syntax of Str-regexps rather confusing. Here
> is my latest headache : in a text I want to erase all double-quoted
> (à la OCaml) strings. Thus, abc"def"ghi"jk"lm"nop"qr should be turned into
> abcghilmqr.
> Seems pretty simple, doesn't it ?
>
> Here is my failed attempt :
>
>         OCaml version 4.02.1
>
> # let initial_text="abc\"def\"ghi\"jk\"lm\"nop\"qr";;
> val initial_text : string = "abc\"def\"ghi\"jk\"lm\"nop\"qr"
> # let double_quote=Str.quote "\"";;
> val double_quote : string = "\""
> # let rgxp=Str.regexp(double_quote^"."^double_quote)
>   ;;
> val rgxp : Str.regexp = <abstr>
> # let answer=Str.global_replace rgxp "" initial_text;;
> val answer : string = "abc\"def\"ghi\"jk\"lm\"nop\"qr"
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