Method for parsing Index Groups

utils/index_group_parser.go

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+// Let's you specify how the index should look like.  
+//                        
+// The specification is a space-separated list of index entries. Normally, each entry is just a single character,
+// but you may also specify multiple characters.  For instance, the entry "The" will link to all files and
+// folders starting with "The". 
+//                        
+// You may also create an entry using a group of index characters in paranthesis. For instance, the entry
+// "A-E(ABCDE)" will display as "A-E" and link to all files and folders starting with either
+// A, B, C, D or E.  This may be useful for grouping less-frequently used characters (such and X, Y and Z), or
+// for grouping accented characters (such as A, \u00C0 and \u00C1) 
+//                        
+// Files and folders that are not covered by an index entry will be placed under the index entry "#".
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+type IndexGroups map[string]string
+
+func ParseIndexGroups(spec string) IndexGroups {
+	parsed := make(IndexGroups)
+	split := strings.Split(spec, " ")
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(.+)\((.+)\)`)
+	for _, g := range split {
+		sub := re.FindStringSubmatch(g)
+		if len(sub) > 0 {
+			i := 0
+			chars := strings.SplitN(sub[2], "", -1)
+			for _, c := range chars {
+				parsed[c] = sub[1]
+				i++
+			}
+		} else {
+			parsed[g] = g
+		}
+	}
+	return parsed
+}