Regular Expressions for Data Validation and Parsing

A list of regular expressions commonly used for parsing and validating data inputs.

regexes

Format

A named list of character vectors, each containing a regular expression:

area: Matches area values including units (e.g., "px", "cm2").
area_si: Matches area values with SI units only (e.g., "cm2").
area_units: Matches area unit abbreviations (e.g., "px", "cm2").
area_units_si: Matches area units with SI abbreviations only (e.g., "cm2").
dec_number: Matches decimal numbers (e.g., "1.23").
dist: Matches distance values either in pixels or SI units.
dist_units_si: Matches distance unit abbreviations with SI units only (e.g., "cm", "m").
exclam: Matches values followed by an exclamation mark and optional unit.
exclam1: Matches values with units followed by an exclamation mark.
exclam2: Matches values followed by an exclamation mark.
mitochondrial: Matches mitochondrial gene names starting with "MT-".
num_value: Matches numeric values, including decimal and scientific notation.
number: Matches integer numbers (e.g., "123").
percentage: Matches percentage values (e.g., "50%").
pxl: Matches pixel units ("px").
pxl_area: Matches pixel area values.
pxl_dec_num: Matches pixel values with decimal numbers.
pxl_dist: Matches pixel distance values.
pxl_num: Matches pixel values with integer numbers.
ribosomal: Matches ribosomal protein genes (e.g., "RPL", "RPS").
scientific_notation: Matches numbers in scientific notation (e.g., "1e-3").
si_dist: Matches SI unit distance values.
unit: Matches unit abbreviations including pixels and SI units.

regexes$mitochondrial
regexes$number