Uses a regular expression (RE) to search a string for a pattern, starting from a specified position.
string.REMatch( regex=string, multiline=boolean )
Returns: Array
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Description |
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regex
string,
required
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Regular expression for which to search. Case sensitive.
Alias: reg_expression
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multiline
boolean,
optional
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If true indicate the regular expression should treat input as having multiple lines. This option affects the interpretation of the ^ and $ metacharacters. When true the ^ metacharacter matches at the beginning of every line, and the $ metacharacter matches at the end of every line. Additionally the . metacharacter will not match newlines when true.
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Examples
str = "count 1234 or one,two,three,four.."
res = str.rematch("[a-z]+");
writeDump(res);
res = str.rematch("[a-z]");
writeDump(res);
res = str.rematch("[0-9]");
writeDump(res);
res = str.rematch("[0-9]+");
writeDump(res);
See also
