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+import regex
+import rand
+
+/******************************************************************************
+*
+* Test section
+*
+******************************************************************************/
+struct TestItem {
+	src string
+	q string
+	s int
+	e int
+}
+
+const(
+match_test_suite = [
+	// minus in CC
+	TestItem{"d.def",r"abc.\.[\w\-]{,100}",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"abc12345.asd",r"abc.\.[\w\-]{,100}",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"abca.exe",r"abc.\.[\w\-]{,100}",0,8},
+	TestItem{"abc2.exe-test_12",r"abc.\.[\w\-]{,100}",0,13},
+	TestItem{"abcdefGHK",r"[a-f]+\A+",0,9},
+	TestItem{"ab-cd-efGHK",r"[a-f\-g]+\A+",0,11},
+
+	// base OR
+	TestItem{"a",r"a|b",0,1},
+	TestItem{"a",r"b|a",0,1},
+	TestItem{"b",r"a|b",0,1},
+	TestItem{"b",r"b|a",0,1},
+	TestItem{"c",r"b|a",-1,0},
+
+	// test base
+	TestItem{"[ciao]",r"(.)ciao(.)",0,6},
+	TestItem{"[ciao] da me",r"(.)ciao(.)",0,6},
+
+	// positive
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"this",0,4},
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"good",10,14},
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"go+d",10,14},
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"g[oae]+d",10,14},
+	TestItem{"this is a goed.",r"g[oae]+d",10,14},
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"g[oae]*d",10,14},
+	TestItem{"this is a goaezd.",r"g[ea-cm-z]*d",10,16},
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"this (\w+) a",0,9},
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"this( \w+){2} g",0,11},
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"( ?\w+){,1}",0,4},
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"( ?\w+)+",0,14},
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"this( \w+)+",0,14},
+	TestItem{"this is a good sample.",r"( ?\w+){,2}",0,7},
+	TestItem{"this is a good sample.",r"( ?\w+){,3}",0,9},
+	TestItem{"this is a good sample.",r"( ?\w+){,4}",0,14},
+	TestItem{"this is a good sample.",r"( ?\w+){,5}",0,21},
+	TestItem{"this is a good sample.",r"( ?\w+){2,3}",0,9},
+	TestItem{"this is a good sample.",r"(\s?\w+){2,3}",0,9},
+	TestItem{"this these those.",r"(th[ei]se?\s|\.)+",0,11},
+	TestItem{"this these those ",r"(th[eio]se? ?)+",0,17},
+	TestItem{"this these those ",r"(th[eio]se? )+",0,17},
+	TestItem{"this,these,those. over",r"(th[eio]se?[,. ])+",0,17},
+	TestItem{"soday,this,these,those. over",r".+(th[eio]se?[,. ])+",0,23},
+
+	TestItem{"cpapaz",r"(c(pa)+z)",0,6},
+	TestItem{"this is a cpapaz over",r"(c(pa)+z)",10,16},
+	TestItem{"this is a cpapapez over",r"(c(p[ae])+z)",10,18},
+	TestItem{"test@post.pip.com",r"[a-z0-9_]+@([a-z0-9_]+\.?)+",0,17},
+	TestItem{"test1@post.pip.com, pera",r"[\w]+@([\w]+\.)+\w+",0,18},
+	TestItem{"pippo@pera.com ",r"[a-z0-9_]+@([a-z0-9_]+\.?)+",0,14},
+	TestItem{"adce aabe",r"(a(ab)+)|(a(dc)+)e",0,4},
+	TestItem{"zadce aabe",r"(a(ab)+)|(a(dc)+)e",1,5},
+	TestItem{"abbz accz addz.",r"c|(d)|e|(ab+)",0,3},
+	TestItem{"this those these ciao",r"((t[hieo]+se?)\s*)+",0,17},
+	TestItem{"this ciao",r"((t[hieo]+se?)\s*)+",0,5},
+	TestItem{"this cpapaz adce aabe",r"(c(pa)+z)(\s[\a]+){2}",5,21},
+	TestItem{"1234this cpapaz adce aabe",r"(c(pa)+z)(\s[\a]+){2}$",9,25},
+	TestItem{"this cpapaz adce aabe third",r"(c(pa)+z)(\s[\a]+){2}",5,21},
+	TestItem{"123cpapaz ole. pippo",r"(c(pa)+z)(\s+\a+[\.,]?)+",3,20},
+
+	TestItem{"this is a good sample.",r".*i(\w)+",0,4},
+	TestItem{"soday,this,these,those. over",r".*,(th[eio]se?[,. ])+",0,23},
+	TestItem{"soday,this,these,thesa.thesi over",r".*,(th[ei]se?[,. ])+(thes[ai][,. ])+",0,29},
+	TestItem{"cpapaz ole. pippo,",r".*(c(pa)+z)(\s+\a+[\.,]?)+",0,18},
+	TestItem{"cpapaz ole. pippo",r"(c(pa)+z)(\s+\a+[\.,]?)+",0,17},
+	TestItem{"cpapaz ole. pippo, 852",r".*(c(pa)+z)(\s+\a+[\.,]?)+",0,18},
+	TestItem{"123cpapaz ole. pippo",r".*(c(pa)+z)(\s+\a+[\.,]?)+",0,20},
+	TestItem{"...cpapaz ole. pippo",r".*(c(pa)+z)(\s+\a+[\.,]?)+",0,20},
+
+	TestItem{"cpapaz ole. pippo,",r".*c.+ole.*pi",0,14},
+	TestItem{"cpapaz ole. pipipo,",r".*c.+ole.*p([ip])+o",0,18},
+	TestItem{"cpapaz ole. pipipo",r"^.*c.+ol?e.*p([ip])+o$",0,18},
+	TestItem{"abbb",r"ab{2,3}?",0,3},
+	TestItem{" pippo pera",r"\s(.*)pe(.*)",0,11},
+	TestItem{" abb",r"\s(.*)",0,4},
+
+	TestItem{"/home/us_er/pippo/info-01.txt", r"(/?[-\w_]+)*\.txt$",0,29}
+
+	// negative
+	TestItem{"zthis ciao",r"((t[hieo]+se?)\s*)+",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"this is a good.",r"thes",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"test1post.pip.com, pera",r"[\w]+@([\w]+\.)+\w+",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"this cpapaz adce",r"(c(pa)+z)(\s[\a]+){2}",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"this cpapaz adce aabe third",r"(c(pa)+z)(\s[\a]+){2}$",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"1234this cpapaz adce aabe ter",r"(c(pa)+z)(\s[\a]+){2}$",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"cpapaz ole. pipipo,",r"^.*c.+ol?e.*p([ip])+o$",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"/home/us_er/pippo/info-01.jpeg", r"(/?[-\w_]+)*\.txt$",-1,0}
+
+	// check unicode
+	TestItem{"this is a Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ Ⅵ test",r".*a [Ⅰ-Ⅵ ]+",0,34},
+	TestItem{"123Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ Ⅵ test",r"[Ⅰ-Ⅴ\s]+",3,23},
+
+	// new edge cases
+	TestItem{"12345678", r"[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"12345678", r"[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]",0,8},
+	TestItem{"123456789", r"^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$",0,9}
+	TestItem{"12345678", r"^\d{8}$",0,8},
+	TestItem{"12345678", r"^\d{7}$",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"12345678", r"^\d{9}$",-1,0},
+	
+	TestItem{"eth", r"(oth)|(eth)",0,3},
+	TestItem{"et", r"(oth)|(eth)",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"et", r".*(oth)|(eth)",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"peoth", r".*(ith)|(eth)",-1,0},
+
+	TestItem{"poth", r"(eth)|(oth)",1,4},
+	TestItem{"poth", r"(oth)|(eth)",1,4},
+	TestItem{"poth", r".(oth)|(eth)$",0,4},
+	TestItem{"poth", r"^.(oth)|(eth)$",0,4},
+	TestItem{"poth", r"^\w+$",0,4},
+
+	// test dot_char
+	TestItem{"8-11 l: qllllqllklhlvtl", r"^(\d+)-(\d+) ([a-z]): (.*)$",0,23},
+	TestItem{"accccb deer", r"^a(.*)b d(.+)r",0,11},
+	TestItem{"accccb deer", r"^a(.*)b d(.+)",0,11},
+	TestItem{"accccb deer", r"^(.*)$",0,11},
+	TestItem{"accccb deer", r"^a(.*)b d(.+)p",-1,0},
+	TestItem{"##.#....#.##.####...#.##", r".{18}[.#]",0,19},
+	TestItem{"#.#......##.#..#..##........##....###...##...######.......#.....#..#......#...#........###.#..#.", r'.*#[.#]{4}##[.#]{4}##[.#]{4}###',0,49},
+
+	// test bcksls chars
+	TestItem{"[ an s. s! ]( wi4ki:something )", r"\[.*\]\( *(\w*:*\w+) *\)",0,31},
+	TestItem{"[ an s. s! ](wiki:something)", r"\[.*\]\( *(\w*:*\w+) *\)",0,28},
+	
+	// Crazywulf tests (?:^|[()])(\d+)(*)(\d+)(?:$|[()])
+    TestItem{"1*1", r"(\d+)([*])(\d+)",0,3},
+    TestItem{"+1*1", r"^(\d+)([*])(\d+)",-1,0},
+    TestItem{"*1*1", r"(?:^|[*])(\d+)([*])(\d+)",0,4},
+    TestItem{"*1*1", r"(?:^|[*()])(\d+)([*])(\d+)",0,4},
+    TestItem{")1*1", r"(?:^|[*()])(\d+)([*])(\d+)",0,4},
+    TestItem{"(1*1", r"(?:^|[*()])(\d+)([*])(\d+)",0,4},
+    TestItem{"*1*1(", r"(?:^|[*()])(\d+)([*])(\d+)(?:$|[*()])",0,5},
+    TestItem{" 1*1(", r"(?:^|[*()])(\d+)([*])(\d+)(?:$|[*()])",-1,0},
+    TestItem{"1*1 ", r"(?:^|[*()])(\d+)([*])(\d+)(?:$|[*()])",-1,0},
+
+    // particular groups
+    TestItem{"ababababac", r"ab(.*)(ac)",0,10},
+
+]
+)
+
+struct TestItemRe {
+	src string
+	q string
+	rep string
+	r string
+}
+const (
+match_test_suite_replace = [
+	// replace tests
+	TestItemRe{
+		"oggi pibao è andato a casa di pbababao ed ha trovato pibabababao",
+		r"(pi?(ba)+o)",
+		"CIAO",
+		"oggi CIAO è andato a casa di CIAO ed ha trovato CIAO"
+	},
+	TestItemRe{
+		"Today is a good day and tomorrow will be for sure.",
+		r"[Tt]o\w+",
+		"CIAO",
+		"CIAO is a good day and CIAO will be for sure."
+	},
+	TestItemRe{
+		"Today is a good day and tomorrow will be for sure.",
+		r"(a\w) ",
+		r"[\0] ",
+		"Tod[ay] is a good d[ay] and tomorrow will be for sure."
+	},
+	TestItemRe{
+		"Today is a good day and tomorrow will be for sure.",
+		r"(a\w) ",
+		r"[\0_\0] ",
+		"Tod[ay_ay] is a good d[ay_ay] and tomorrow will be for sure."
+	},
+	TestItemRe{
+		"Today is a good day and tomorrow will be for sure.",
+		r"(a\w) ",
+		r"[\0\1] ",
+		"Tod[ay] is a good d[ay] and tomorrow will be for sure."
+	},
+]
+
+match_test_suite_replace_simple = [
+	// replace tests
+	TestItemRe{
+		"oggi pibao è andato a casa di pbababao ed ha trovato pibabababao",
+		r"(pi?(ba)+o)",
+		"CIAO",
+		"oggi CIAO è andato a casa di CIAO ed ha trovato CIAO"
+	},
+	TestItemRe{
+		"Today is a good day and tomorrow will be for sure.",
+		r"[Tt]o\w+",
+		"CIAO",
+		"CIAO is a good day and CIAO will be for sure."
+	},
+]
+)
+
+struct TestItemCGroup {
+	src string
+	q string
+	s int
+	e int
+	cg []int // [number of items (3*# item), id_group_0, start_0, end_0, id_group_1, start1, start2,... ]
+	cgn map[string]int
+}
+const (
+cgroups_test_suite = [
+	TestItemCGroup{
+		"http://www.ciao.mondo/hello/pippo12_/pera.html",
+		r"(?P<format>https?)|(?:ftps?)://(?P<token>[\w_]+[\.|/])+",0,42,
+		[7, 0, 0, 4, 1, 7, 11, 1, 11, 16, 1, 16, 22, 1, 22, 28, 1, 28, 37, 1, 37, 42],
+		{'format':int(0),'token':1}
+	},
+	TestItemCGroup{
+		"http://www.ciao.mondo/hello/pippo12_/pera.html",
+		r"(?P<format>https?)|(?P<format>ftps?)://(?P<token>[\w_]+.)+",0,46,
+		[8, 0, 0, 4, 1, 7, 11, 1, 11, 16, 1, 16, 22, 1, 22, 28, 1, 28, 37, 1, 37, 42, 1, 42, 46]
+		//[8, 0, 0, 4, 1, 7, 10, 1, 11, 15, 1, 16, 21, 1, 22, 27, 1, 28, 36, 1, 37, 41, 1, 42, 46],		
+		{'format':int(0),'token':1}
+	},
+	TestItemCGroup{
+		"http://www.ciao.mondo/hello/pippo12_/pera.html",
+		r"(?P<format>https?)|(?P<format>ftps?)://([\w_]+\.)+",0,16,
+		[3, 0, 0, 4, 1, 7, 11, 1, 11, 16],
+		{'format':int(0)}
+	},
+	TestItemCGroup{
+		"acc +13 pippo",
+		r"(\w+)\s(.)([0-9]+) \w+",0,13,
+		[0, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7],
+		map[string]int{}
+	},
+	TestItemCGroup{
+		"acc +13",
+		r"(\w+)\s(.)([0-9]+)",0,7,
+		[0, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7],
+		map[string]int{}
+	},
+	TestItemCGroup{
+		"ababababac",
+		r"ab(.*)(ac)",0,10,
+		[2, 8, 8, 10],
+		map[string]int{}
+	},
+]
+)
+
+
+struct Test_find_all {
+	src string
+	q string
+	res []int // [0,4,5,6...] 
+	res_str []string // ['find0','find1'...]
+}
+const (
+find_all_test_suite = [
+	Test_find_all{
+		"abcd 1234 efgh 1234 ghkl1234 ab34546df",
+		r"\d+",
+		[5, 9, 15, 19, 24, 28, 31, 36],
+		['1234', '1234', '1234', '34546']
+	},
+	Test_find_all{
+		"abcd 1234 efgh 1234 ghkl1234 ab34546df",
+		r"\a+",
+		[0, 4, 10, 14, 20, 24, 29, 31, 36, 38],
+		['abcd', 'efgh', 'ghkl', 'ab', 'df']
+	},
+	Test_find_all{
+		"oggi pippo è andato a casa di pluto ed ha trovato pippo",
+		r"p[iplut]+o",
+		[5, 10, 31, 36, 51, 56],
+		['pippo', 'pluto', 'pippo']
+	},
+	Test_find_all{
+		"oggi pibao è andato a casa di pbababao ed ha trovato pibabababao",
+		r"(pi?(ba)+o)",
+		[5, 10, 31, 39, 54, 65],
+		['pibao', 'pbababao', 'pibabababao']
+	},
+	Test_find_all{
+		"Today is a good day and tomorrow will be for sure.",
+		r"[Tt]o\w+",
+		[0, 5, 24, 32],
+		['Today', 'tomorrow']
+	},
+	Test_find_all{
+		"pera\nurl = https://github.com/dario/pig.html\npippo",
+		r"url *= *https?://[\w./]+",
+		[5, 44],
+		['url = https://github.com/dario/pig.html']
+	},
+	Test_find_all{
+		"pera\nurl = https://github.com/dario/pig.html\npippo",
+		r"url *= *https?://.*"+'\n',
+		[5, 45],
+		['url = https://github.com/dario/pig.html\n']
+	},
+	Test_find_all{
+		"#.#......##.#..#..##........##....###...##...######.......#.....#..#......#...#........###.#..#.",
+		r"#[.#]{4}##[.#]{4}##[.#]{4}###",
+		[29, 49],
+		['#....###...##...####']
+	},
+		Test_find_all{
+		"#.#......##.#..#..##........##....###...##...######.......#.....#..#......#...#........###.#..#.",
+		r".*#[.#]{4}##[.#]{4}##[.#]{4}###",
+		[0, 49],
+		['#.#......##.#..#..##........##....###...##...####']
+	},
+		Test_find_all{
+		"1234 Aa dddd Aaf 12334 Aa opopo Aaf",
+		r"Aa.+Aaf",
+		[5, 16, 23, 35],
+		['Aa dddd Aaf', 'Aa opopo Aaf']
+	},
+		Test_find_all{
+		"@for something @endfor @for something else @endfor altro testo @for body @endfor uno due @for senza dire più @endfor pippo",
+		r"@for.+@endfor",
+		[0, 22, 23, 50, 63, 80, 89, 117],
+		['@for something @endfor', '@for something else @endfor', '@for body @endfor', '@for senza dire più @endfor']
+	}
+
+]
+)
+
+const (
+	debug = true // true for debug println 
+)
+
+fn test_regex(){
+	// check capturing groups
+	for c,to in cgroups_test_suite {
+		// debug print
+		if debug {
+			println("$c [${to.src}] [q${to.q}] (${to.s}, ${to.e})") 
+		}
+
+		mut re := regex.regex_opt(to.q) or {
+			eprintln('err: $err')
+			assert false
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if to.cgn.len > 0 {
+			re.group_csave_flag = true
+			//re.group_csave = [-1].repeat(3*20+1)
+			if debug { println("continuous save")}
+		} else {
+			if debug { println("NO continuous save")}
+		}
+
+		start, end := re.match_string(to.src)
+
+		mut tmp_str := ""
+		if start >= 0 && end  > start{
+			tmp_str = to.src[start..end]
+		}
+
+		if start != to.s || end != to.e {
+			//println("#$c [$to.src] q[$to.q] res[$tmp_str] $start, $end")
+			eprintln("ERROR!")
+			//C.printf("ERROR!! res:(%d, %d) refh:(%d, %d)\n",start, end, to.s, to.e)
+			assert false
+			continue
+		}	
+
+		// check cgroups
+		if to.cgn.len > 0 {
+			if re.group_csave.len == 0 || re.group_csave[0] != to.cg[0] {
+				eprintln("Capturing group len error! found: ${re.group_csave[0]} true ground: ${to.cg[0]}")
+				assert false
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// check captured groups
+			mut ln := re.group_csave[0]*3
+			for ln > 0 {
+				if re.group_csave[ln] != to.cg[ln] {
+					eprintln("Capturing group failed on $ln item!")
+					assert false
+				}
+				ln--
+			}
+
+			// check named captured groups
+			for k in to.cgn.keys() {
+				if to.cgn[k] != (re.group_map[k]-1) { // we have -1 because the map not found is 0, in groups we start from 0 and we store using +1
+					eprintln("Named capturing group error! [$k]")
+					assert false
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			// check normal captured groups
+			if re.groups.len != to.cg.len {
+				assert false
+			}
+			for ln:=0; ln < re.groups.len; ln++ {
+				if re.groups[ln] != to.cg[ln] {
+					eprintln("Capture group doesn't match:")
+					eprintln("true ground: [${to.cg}]")
+					eprintln("elaborated : [${re.groups}]")
+					assert false
+				}
+			} 
+		}
+	}
+
+	// check find_all
+	for c,to in find_all_test_suite {
+		// debug print
+		if debug { println("#$c [$to.src] q[$to.q] ($to.res, $to.res_str)") }
+
+		mut re := regex.regex_opt(to.q) or {
+			eprintln('err: $err')
+			assert false
+			continue
+		}
+
+		re.reset()
+		res := re.find_all(to.src)
+		if res != to.res {
+			eprintln('err: find_all !!')
+			if debug { println("#$c exp: $to.res calculated: $res") }
+			assert false
+		}
+
+		res_str := re.find_all_str(to.src)
+		if res_str != to.res_str {
+			eprintln('err: find_all_str !!')
+			if debug { println("#$c exp: $to.res_str calculated: $res_str") }
+			assert false
+		}
+	}
+
+	// check replace
+	for c,to in match_test_suite_replace{
+		// debug print
+		if debug { println("#$c [$to.src] q[$to.q] $to.r") }
+
+		mut re := regex.regex_opt(to.q) or {
+			eprintln('err: $err')
+			assert false
+			continue
+		}
+
+		res := re.replace(to.src,to.rep)
+		if res != to.r {
+			eprintln("ERROR: replace.")
+			assert false
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+
+	// check replace simple
+	for c,to in match_test_suite_replace_simple{
+		// debug print
+		if debug { println("#$c [$to.src] q[$to.q] $to.r") }
+
+		mut re := regex.regex_opt(to.q) or {
+			eprintln('err: $err')
+			assert false
+			continue
+		}
+
+		res := re.replace_simple(to.src,to.rep)
+		if res != to.r {
+			eprintln("ERROR: replace.")
+			assert false
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+
+	// check match and find
+	for c,to in match_test_suite {
+		// debug print
+		if debug { println("#$c [$to.src] q[$to.q] $to.s $to.e") }
+
+		// test the find
+		if to.s > 0 {
+			mut re := regex.regex_opt(to.q) or {
+				eprintln('err: $err')
+				assert false
+				continue
+			}
+			// q_str := re.get_query()
+			// eprintln("Query: $q_str")
+			start,end := re.find(to.src)
+
+			if start != to.s || end != to.e {
+				err_str := re.get_parse_error_string(start)
+				eprintln("ERROR : $err_str start: ${start} end: ${end}")
+				assert false
+			} else {
+				//tmp_str := text[start..end]
+				//println("found in [$start, $end] => [$tmp_str]")
+				assert true
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// test the match
+		mut re := regex.new()
+		//re.debug = true
+
+		re.compile_opt(to.q) or {
+			eprintln('err: $err')
+			assert false
+			continue
+		}
+		//println("#$c [$to.src] q[$to.q]")
+		start, end := re.match_string(to.src)
+
+		mut tmp_str := ""
+		if start >= 0 && end  > start{
+			tmp_str = to.src[start..end]
+		}
+
+		if start != to.s || end != to.e {
+			eprintln("#$c [$to.src] q[$to.q] res[$tmp_str] $start, $end")
+			eprintln("ERROR!")
+			//C.printf("ERROR!! res:(%d, %d) refh:(%d, %d)\n",start, end, to.s, to.e)
+			assert false
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// rerun to test consistency
+		tmp_str1 := to.src.clone()
+		start1, end1 := re.match_string(tmp_str1)
+		if start1 != start || end1 != end {
+			eprintln("two run ERROR!!")
+			assert false
+			continue
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	if debug { println("DONE!") }
+}
+
+// test regex_base function
+fn test_regex_func(){
+	query    := r"\d\dabcd"
+	test_str := "78abcd" 
+	mut re, re_err, err_pos := regex.regex_base(query)
+	if re_err == regex.compile_ok {
+		start, end := re.match_string(test_str)
+		assert (start == 0) && (end == 6)
+	} else {
+		eprintln("Error in query string in pos ${err_pos}")
+		eprintln("Error: ${re.get_parse_error_string(re_err)}")
+		assert false
+	}
+}
+
+fn my_repl(re regex.RE, in_txt string, start int, end int) string {
+	s0 := re.get_group_by_id(in_txt,0)[0..1] + "X"
+	s1 := re.get_group_by_id(in_txt,1)[0..1] + "X"
+	s2 := re.get_group_by_id(in_txt,2)[0..1] + "X"
+	return "${s0}${s1}${s2}"
+}
+
+
+// test regex replace function
+fn test_regex_func_replace(){
+	filler := "E il primo dei tre regni dell'Oltretomba cristiano visitato da Dante nel corso del viaggio, con la guida di Virgilio."
+	txt    := r'"content": "They dont necessarily flag "you will be buying these shares on margin!"", "channel_id"'
+	query := r'"(content":\s+")(.*)(, "channel_id")'
+	mut re := regex.regex_opt(query) or { panic(err) }
+	
+	mut txt1 := ""
+	mut txt2 := ""
+	
+	for _ in 0..3 {
+		rnd := int(10+rand.u32() % 20)
+		txt1 += txt      + filler[0..rnd] + "\n"
+		txt2 += "cXTX,X" + filler[0..rnd] + "\n"
+	}
+
+	result := re.replace_by_fn(txt1, my_repl)
+	if debug {
+		eprintln(result)
+		eprintln(txt2)
+	}
+	assert result == txt2
+}
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