Enhanced section number validation with regex update

📅 2023-11-11 — Session: Enhanced section number validation with regex update

🕒 02:40–02:55
🏷️ Labels: Python, Regex, Validation, Debugging, Section Numbers
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal: The session aimed to improve the validation of section numbers within a document by refining the logic and correcting errors in the existing code.

Key Activities:

• Developed a Python function to determine valid precedents for section numbers.
• Identified and corrected a mistake in the function call for is_valid_continuation, ensuring it accepts individual section numbers.
• Addressed an error related to an undefined function is_valid_precedent by suggesting its definition.
• Updated the regex pattern to accurately parse section numbers by ensuring word boundaries, resolving issues with misidentification in larger numeric sequences.

Achievements:

• Successfully implemented a regex pattern that correctly identifies section numbers like ‘3.8’ and ‘3.8.1’.
• Clarified and corrected function calls and definitions to enhance the validation process.

Pending Tasks:

• Define the is_valid_precedent function to complete the functionality for section number validation.
• Further test the updated regex pattern across diverse document structures to ensure robustness.