We have functionality! Woo!

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "human_regex"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 authors = ["Chris McComb <[email protected]>"]
 description = "A regex library for humans"
 edition = "2021"

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 | ⚠️ This package is under active development and doesn't do much yet. |
 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 # Regex for Humans
+## About
 The goal of this crate is simple: give everybody the power of regular expressions without having 
 to learn the complicated syntax. It is inspired by [ReadableRegex.jl](https://github.com/jkrumbiegel/ReadableRegex.jl).
 
+## Example usage
+### Matching a date
+If you want to match a date of the format `2021-10-30`, you would use the following code to generate a regex:
+```rust
+let hr = human_regex::HumanRegex::new()
+    .begin()
+    .exactly(4, human_regex::DIGIT)
+    .text("-")
+    .exactly(2, human_regex::DIGIT)
+    .text("-")
+    .exactly(2, human_regex::DIGIT)
+    .end();
+assert!(hr.is_match("2014-01-01"));
+```
+Specifically, this chunk of code would yield the regex `^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$`, which is exactly what we want!

src/lib.rs

@@ -4,23 +4,40 @@
 #![warn(clippy::missing_docs_in_private_items)]
 
 //! # Regex for Humans
+//! ## About
 //! The goal of this crate is simple: give everybody the power of regular expressions without having
 //! to learn the complicated syntax. It is inspired by [ReadableRegex.jl](https://github.com/jkrumbiegel/ReadableRegex.jl).
 
+//!## Example usage
+//!### Matching a date
+//!If you want to match a date of the format `2021-10-30`, you would use the following code to generate a regex:
+//!```rust
+//!let hr = human_regex::HumanRegex::new()
+//!    .begin()
+//!    .exactly(4, human_regex::DIGIT)
+//!    .text("-")
+//!    .exactly(2, human_regex::DIGIT)
+//!    .text("-")
+//!    .exactly(2, human_regex::DIGIT)
+//!    .end();
+//!assert!(hr.is_match("2014-01-01"));
+//!```
+//!Specifically, this chunk of code would yield the regex `^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$`, which is exactly what we want!
+
 use regex::Regex;
 
-/// A unit struct for the digit character class (i.e., the digits 0 through 9)
-struct Digit;
-/// A unit struct for the non-digit character class (i.e., everything BUT the digits 0-9)
-struct NonDigit;
-/// A unit struct for the word character class (i.e., all alphanumeric characters plus underscore)
-struct Word;
-/// A unit struct for the non-word character class (i.e., everything BUT the alphanumeric characters plus underscore)
-struct NonWord;
-/// A unit structure for the whitespace character class (i.e., space and tab)
-struct Whitespace;
-/// A unit structure for the whitespace character class (i.e., everything BUT space and tab)
-struct NonWhitespace;
+/// A constant for the digit character class (i.e., the digits 0 through 9)
+pub const DIGIT: &str = r"\d";
+/// A constant for the non-digit character class (i.e., everything BUT the digits 0-9)
+pub const NON_DIGIT: &str = r"\D";
+/// A constant for the word character class (i.e., all alphanumeric characters plus underscore)
+pub const WORD: &str = r"\w";
+/// A constant for the non-word character class (i.e., everything BUT the alphanumeric characters plus underscore)
+pub const NON_WORD: &str = r"\W";
+/// A constant for the whitespace character class (i.e., space and tab)
+pub const WHITESPACE: &str = r"\t";
+/// A constant for the whitespace character class (i.e., everything BUT space and tab)
+pub const NON_WHITESPACE: &str = r"\T";
 
 /// The HumanRegex struct which maintains and updates the regex string
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -30,13 +47,57 @@ pub struct HumanRegex {
 }
 
 impl HumanRegex {
+    /// Generate a new HumanRegex with a blank regex_string
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        HumanRegex {
+            regex_string: String::from(""),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Match exactly a certain number of a certain target
+    pub fn exactly(&self, n: u8, target: &str) -> Self {
+        let new_regex = format!("{}{}{{{}}}", self.regex_string, target, n);
+        HumanRegex {
+            regex_string: new_regex,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Add text directly to the match string
+    pub fn text(&self, text: &str) -> Self {
+        let new_regex = format!("{}{}", self.regex_string, text);
+        HumanRegex {
+            regex_string: new_regex,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Represents the beginning of the text
+    pub fn begin(&self) -> Self {
+        let new_regex = format!("{}{}", self.regex_string, r"^");
+        HumanRegex {
+            regex_string: new_regex,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Represents the end of the text
+    pub fn end(&self) -> Self {
+        let new_regex = format!("{}{}", self.regex_string, r"$");
+        HumanRegex {
+            regex_string: new_regex,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Generates a new human regex directly from a regex string
-    pub fn new(regex_string: &str) -> Self {
+    pub fn from_regex_string(regex_string: &str) -> Self {
         HumanRegex {
             regex_string: String::from(regex_string),
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns the current state of the constructed regex string
+    pub fn get_regex_string(&self) -> &String {
+        return &self.regex_string;
+    }
+
     /// Checks whether or not a string matches with the constructed regex
     pub fn is_match(&self, string_to_match: &str) -> bool {
         let re = Regex::new(&*self.regex_string).unwrap();

tests/test.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,31 @@
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+
     #[test]
     fn check_direct_regex() {
-        let check_match = human_regex::HumanRegex::new(r"^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$");
+        let check_match = human_regex::HumanRegex::from_regex_string(r"^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$");
         assert!(check_match.is_match("2014-01-01"))
     }
     #[test]
     fn check_default() {
         let check_match = human_regex::HumanRegex::default();
         assert!(check_match.is_match(""))
     }
+    #[test]
+    fn check_new() {
+        let check_match = human_regex::HumanRegex::new();
+        assert!(check_match.is_match(""))
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn check_exactly_plus_text() {
+        let check_match = human_regex::HumanRegex::new()
+            .begin()
+            .exactly(4, human_regex::DIGIT)
+            .text("-")
+            .exactly(2, human_regex::DIGIT)
+            .text("-")
+            .exactly(2, human_regex::DIGIT)
+            .end();
+        assert!(check_match.is_match("2014-01-01"))
+    }
 }