diff --git a/src/core/config/Categories.json b/src/core/config/Categories.json
index 9d56acf..fd71386 100755
--- a/src/core/config/Categories.json
+++ b/src/core/config/Categories.json
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@
"ops": [
"Magic",
"Fork",
+ "Subsection",
"Merge",
"Register",
"Label",
diff --git a/src/core/operations/Subsection.mjs b/src/core/operations/Subsection.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94258b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/operations/Subsection.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/**
+ * @author j433866 [j433866@gmail.com]
+ * @copyright Crown Copyright 2019
+ * @license Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import XRegExp from "xregexp";
+import Operation from "../Operation";
+import Recipe from "../Recipe";
+import Dish from "../Dish";
+
+/**
+ * Subsection operation
+ */
+class Subsection extends Operation {
+
+ /**
+ * Subsection constructor
+ */
+ constructor() {
+ super();
+
+ this.name = "Subsection";
+ this.flowControl = true;
+ this.module = "Regex";
+ this.description = "Select a part of the input data using a regular expression (regex), and run all subsequent operations on each match separately.
You can use up to one capture group, where the recipe will only be run on the data in the capture group. If there's more than one capture group, only the first one will be operated on.";
+ this.infoURL = "";
+ this.inputType = "string";
+ this.outputType = "string";
+ this.args = [
+ {
+ "name": "Section (regex)",
+ "type": "string",
+ "value": ""
+ },
+ {
+ "name": "Case sensitive matching",
+ "type": "boolean",
+ "value": true
+ },
+ {
+ "name": "Ignore errors",
+ "type": "boolean",
+ "value": false
+ }
+ ];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @param {Object} state - The current state of the recipe.
+ * @param {number} state.progress - The current position in the recipe.
+ * @param {Dish} state.Dish - The Dish being operated on
+ * @param {Operation[]} state.opList - The list of operations in the recipe
+ * @returns {Object} - The updated state of the recipe
+ */
+ async run(state) {
+ const opList = state.opList,
+ inputType = opList[state.progress].inputType,
+ outputType = opList[state.progress].outputType,
+ input = await state.dish.get(inputType),
+ ings = opList[state.progress].ingValues,
+ [section, caseSensitive, ignoreErrors] = ings,
+ subOpList = [];
+
+ if (input && section !== "") {
+ // Create subOpList for each tranche to operate on
+ // (all remaining operations unless we encounter a Merge)
+ for (let i = state.progress + 1; i < opList.length; i++) {
+ if (opList[i].name === "Merge" && !opList[i].disabled) {
+ break;
+ } else {
+ subOpList.push(opList[i]);
+ }
+ }
+
+ let flags = "g",
+ inOffset = 0,
+ output = "",
+ m,
+ progress = 0;
+ if (!caseSensitive)
+ flags += "i";
+ const regex = new XRegExp(section, flags),
+ recipe = new Recipe();
+
+ recipe.addOperations(subOpList);
+ state.forkOffset += state.progress + 1;
+
+ // Take a deep(ish) copy of the ingredient values
+ const ingValues = subOpList.map(op => JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(op.ingValues)));
+ let matched = false;
+
+ // Run recipe over each match
+ while ((m = regex.exec(input))) {
+ matched = true;
+ // Add up to match
+ let matchStr = m[0];
+ if (m.length === 1) {
+ output += input.slice(inOffset, m.index);
+ inOffset = regex.lastIndex;
+ } else if (m.length >= 2) {
+ matchStr = m[1];
+ // Need to add some of the matched string that isn't in the capture group
+ output += input.slice(inOffset, m.index + m[0].indexOf(m[1]));
+ // Set i to be after the end of the first capture group
+ inOffset = regex.lastIndex - (m[0].length - (m[0].indexOf(m[1]) + m[1].length));
+ }
+ // Baseline ing values for each tranche so that registers are reset
+ subOpList.forEach((op, i) => {
+ op.ingValues = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(ingValues[i]));
+ });
+
+ const dish = new Dish();
+ dish.set(matchStr, inputType);
+
+ try {
+ progress = await recipe.execute(dish, 0, state);
+ } catch (err) {
+ if (!ignoreErrors) {
+ throw err;
+ }
+ progress = err.progress + 1;
+ }
+ output += await dish.get(outputType);
+ }
+ // If no matches were found, advance progress to after a Merge op
+ // Otherwise, the operations below Subsection will be run on all the input data
+ if (!matched) {
+ state.progress += subOpList.length + 1;
+ }
+
+ output += input.slice(inOffset);
+ state.progress += progress;
+ state.dish.set(output, outputType);
+ }
+ return state;
+ }
+
+}
+
+export default Subsection;