file-extractor

Extract data from files with regular expressions.

introduction

Extractor scans file line by line. Registred callbacks are notified when a patterm matches current line.

synopsis

Start extracting stdin :

    var extractor = require('file-extractor');

    extractor().matches(/;(?!(?:[^",]|[^"],[^"])+")/,function(m){
        console.log(m);
    }).start();

Using multiple patterns :

    var extractor = require('file-extractor');

    extractor()
        .matches(/regex1/, cb1)
        .matches(/regex2/, cb2)
        .matches(/regex3/, cb3).start();

installation

$ npm install file-extractor

API

extractor(ac={})

The constructor function creates a new extractor. Optionnaly pass an accumulator as parameters.

.matches(regex, callback)

Register a new matching pattern and corresponding callback. Each match is notified using call back.

• First callback parameter is regex.exec result.
• Second parameter is the accumulator object.

Return value is this to enable method chaining.

.start(readableStream=process.stdin)

Start scanning stream and notify callbacks.

Events

'end'

Sent when end of stream is reached.