devos/lib/strings.nix
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Nix

{ lib, ... }:
{
# returns matching part of _regex_ _string_; null indicates failure.
rgxToString = regex: string:
let
match =
let
head = lib.substring 0 1 regex;
sec = lib.substring 1 2 regex;
in
if head == "^"
|| head == "."
|| (sec == "*" || sec == "+" || sec == "?")
then builtins.match "(${regex}).*" string
else builtins.match ".*(${regex}).*" string;
in
if lib.isList match
then lib.head match
else null;
}