def check_anchor()

in scripts/linkchecker.py [0:0]

• 15 lines of code
• 3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def check_anchor(target_page, anchor):
    """Check if an anchor is defined in the target page

    :param target_page: The target page to check
    :param anchor: Anchor string to find in the target page
    """
    if target_page not in ANCHORS:
        try:
            with open(target_page, "r") as f:
                data = f.readlines()
        except Exception as ex:
            print("[Error] failed in reading markdown file: " + str(ex))
            return
        content = "\n".join(strip_comments(data))
        anchor_pattern1 = r"<a name=\"(.*?)\""
        regex1 = re.compile(anchor_pattern1)
        anchor_pattern2 = r"{#(.*?)}"
        regex2 = re.compile(anchor_pattern2)
        ANCHORS[target_page] = regex1.findall(content) + regex2.findall(content)
    return anchor in ANCHORS[target_page]