text-object: add new functions to search for words

2 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/text-objects.c b/text-objects.c
index 815e36a..b06d680 100644
--- a/text-objects.c
+++ b/text-objects.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
+#include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "text-motions.h"
 #include "text-objects.h"
@@ -165,6 +166,36 @@ Filerange text_object_word_outer(Text *txt, size_t pos) {
 	return r;
 }
 
+Filerange text_object_word_find_next(Text *txt, size_t pos, const char *word) {
+	size_t len = strlen(word);
+	for (;;) {
+		size_t match_pos = text_find_next(txt, pos, word);
+		if (match_pos != pos) {
+			Filerange match_word = text_object_word(txt, match_pos);
+			if (text_range_size(&match_word) == len)
+				return match_word;
+			pos = match_pos;
+		} else {
+			return text_range_empty();
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+Filerange text_object_word_find_prev(Text *txt, size_t pos, const char *word) {
+	size_t len = strlen(word);
+	for (;;) {
+		size_t match_pos = text_find_prev(txt, pos, word);
+		if (match_pos != pos) {
+			Filerange match_word = text_object_word(txt, match_pos);
+			if (text_range_size(&match_word) == len)
+				return match_word;
+			pos = match_pos;
+		} else {
+			return text_range_empty();
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 Filerange text_object_line(Text *txt, size_t pos) {
 	Filerange r;
 	r.start = text_line_begin(txt, pos);
diff --git a/text-objects.h b/text-objects.h
index 3e08a91..aec84b8 100644
--- a/text-objects.h
+++ b/text-objects.h
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Filerange text_object_word(Text*, size_t pos);
 /* includes trailing white spaces. if at pos happens to be a white space
  * include all neighbouring leading white spaces and the following word. */
 Filerange text_object_word_outer(Text*, size_t pos);
+/* find next occurance of `word' (as word not substring) in forward/backward direction */
+Filerange text_object_word_find_next(Text*, size_t pos, const char *word);
+Filerange text_object_word_find_prev(Text*, size_t pos, const char *word);
 /* same semantics as above but for a longword (i.e. delimited by white spaces) */
 Filerange text_object_longword(Text*, size_t pos);
 Filerange text_object_longword_outer(Text*, size_t pos);