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This function stops at the first occurrence of the pattern in the input string and returns the result of the search.
This function stops at the first occurrence of the pattern in the input string and returns the result of the search.
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{{Warning|When declaring a pattern string in quotes, the backslash character should be doubled up. e.g. "\\(" will match a single bracket.}}
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==Syntax==
==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
bool pregFind ( string subject, string pattern )
bool pregFind ( string subject, string pattern [, int/string flags ] )
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*'''subject:''' The input [[string]]
*'''subject:''' The input [[string]]
*'''pattern:''' The pattern [[string]] to search for in the input [[string]].
*'''pattern:''' The pattern [[string]] to search for in the input [[string]].
===Optional Arguments===
*'''flags:''' Conjuncted value that contains flags ( 1 - ignorecase, 2 - multiline, 4 - dotall, 8 - extended, 16 - unicode ) or ( i - Ignore case, m - Multiline, d - Dotall, e - Extended, u - Unicode )


===Returns===
===Returns===
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                 -- example of a search for a specific sequence of numbers
                 -- example of a search for a specific sequence of numbers
                 outputDebugString( pregFind( '5, 10', '^([1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,})+(((,\s|,)[1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,}){0,1}){1,1}' ) and 'found' or 'not found' ) -- found
                 outputDebugString( pregFind( '5, 10', '^([1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,})+(((,\s|,)[1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,}){0,1}){1,1}' ) and 'found' or 'not found' ) -- found
               
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==Requirements==
==Changelog==
{{Requirements|1.3.5-9.06056|1.3.5-9.06056|}}
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{{ChangelogItem|1.5.0-9.07315|Added flag "u" in regular expressions}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{Utility_functions}}
{{Utility_functions}}

Latest revision as of 17:11, 7 November 2024

This function stops at the first occurrence of the pattern in the input string and returns the result of the search.

[[|link=|]] Warning: When declaring a pattern string in quotes, the backslash character should be doubled up. e.g. "\\(" will match a single bracket.
[[|link=|]] Warning: Multiline flag does not work correctly

Syntax

bool pregFind ( string subject, string pattern [, int/string flags ] )

Required Arguments

Optional Arguments

  • flags: Conjuncted value that contains flags ( 1 - ignorecase, 2 - multiline, 4 - dotall, 8 - extended, 16 - unicode ) or ( i - Ignore case, m - Multiline, d - Dotall, e - Extended, u - Unicode )

Returns

Returns true if the pattern was found in the input string, false otherwise.

Example

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Shared ( client and server )

Some examples: 

addCommandHandler( 'examples',
	function( )
                -- find the first occurrence of 'hello world' in a string
		outputDebugString( pregFind( 'hello world, hello world, hello world', 'hello world' ) and 'found' or 'not found' ) -- found 
                -- find the first occurrence of an integer in a string
                outputDebugString( pregFind( '123', '^-{0,1}\\d+$' ) and 'found' or 'not found' ) -- found
                -- check if the input string consists of at least 3 letters from a to z (both uppercase and lowercase) and does not contain any whitespace characters
                outputDebugString( pregFind( 'Kenix', '^[a-zA-Z]{3,}$' ) and 'found' or 'not found' ) -- found
                -- check if the input string matches the format of a role-play name
                outputDebugString( pregFind( 'Garry_Newman', '([A-Z]{1,1})[a-z]{2,9}_([A-Z]{1,1})[a-z]{2,9}' ) and 'found' or 'not found' ) -- found
                -- example of a search for non-ASCII characters (i.e. cyrillic) - привет
                outputDebugString( pregFind( 'Всем привет парни, ещё раз привет :D', 'привет' ) and 'found' or 'not found' ) -- found
                -- example of a search for a specific sequence of numbers
                outputDebugString( pregFind( '5, 10', '^([1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,})+(((,\s|,)[1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,}){0,1}){1,1}' ) and 'found' or 'not found' ) -- found

                
	end
)

Changelog

Version Description
1.5.0-9.07315 Added flag "u" in regular expressions

See Also


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