Refactored doprocess

rust/timetracking/Cargo.lock

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "do_process"
+name = "doprocess"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "itertools",

rust/timetracking/Cargo.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 members = [
     "timetracker",
-    "do_process",
+    "doprocess",
     "chug",
     "timelogging"
 ]

rust/timetracking/doprocess/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "do_process"
+name = "doprocess"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 

rust/timetracking/doprocess/src/main.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use timelogging::timetracking::{nearest, process_input_file, generate_individual_timecards};
 
 fn main() {
+    // set up a regex for escaping regex characters
+    let cat_esc = Regex::new(r"(?P<char>[-*^$+?])").unwrap();
+
     // Process the file (stdin or file argument)
     let input = env::args().nth(1);
     let mut reader: Box<dyn BufRead> = match input {
@@ -24,7 +27,10 @@ fn main() {
     let mut running_total: f64 = 0.0;
     for cat in categories {
         let mut subtotal: f64 = 0.0;
-        let catre = Regex::new(&format!(r"\[{}\]\s+.*\s*$", cat).to_string()).unwrap();
+        let catre = Regex::new(&format!(r"\[{}\]\s+.*\s*$", 
+                                        cat_esc.replace_all(&cat, r"\$char".to_string()))
+                               .to_string())
+            .unwrap();
         for (act, duration) in ind.iter().sorted_by_key(|x| x.0) {
            if ! catre.is_match(&act.to_string()) {
                continue
@@ -49,3 +55,4 @@ fn main() {
 
     println!("{}", format!("Grand total: {:.2}", gtoth));
 }
+