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'''$regex([name], text, re)''' | |||
Returns N, the number of strings in text that matched the regular expression.<br /> | |||
You can assign a name to a $regex() call which you can use later in [[$regml|$regml()]] to reference a match list.<br /> | |||
If you don't specify a name, all identifiers use a default name which is overwritten with each call to $regex().<br /> | |||
$regex() remembers the results for the last ten $regex() calls. Each time you do a match with $regex(), and you specify a name, that name's previous results are overwritten with the new results. | |||
Example: | |||
$regex(a cat walked by the dog,/cat|dog/g) | |||
;'cat' and 'dog' are matched, returns 2 | |||
[[Category:Regular_Expression]] | [[Category:Regular_Expression]] | ||
[[Category:Identifiers]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:16, 2 February 2011
$regex([name], text, re)
Returns N, the number of strings in text that matched the regular expression.
You can assign a name to a $regex() call which you can use later in $regml() to reference a match list.
If you don't specify a name, all identifiers use a default name which is overwritten with each call to $regex().
$regex() remembers the results for the last ten $regex() calls. Each time you do a match with $regex(), and you specify a name, that name's previous results are overwritten with the new results.
Example:
$regex(a cat walked by the dog,/cat|dog/g) ;'cat' and 'dog' are matched, returns 2