PregMatch: Difference between revisions

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This function returns all matches.

[[\|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

table pregMatch ( string base, string pattern [, int/string flags = 0, int maxResults = 100000 ] )

Required Arguments

base: The base string for replace.
pattern: The pattern for match in base 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 )
maxResults: Maximum number of results to return

Returns

Returns a table if one or more match is found, false otherwise.

Example

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Shared ( client and server )

Some examples:

addCommandHandler( 'example',
	function( )
                --[[
                Will print:
                Match: 1, hello
                Match: 2, hello
                ]] 
                for i, v in ipairs( pregMatch( "hello hello", "(hello)"  ) ) do
	            outputDebugString( "Match: " .. i .. ", " .. v );
                end
	end
);

addCommandHandler( 'example2',
	function( )
                --[[
                Will print:
                Match: 1, somebodyWWw
                Match: 2, 228
                ]] 
                for i, v in ipairs( pregMatch( "somebodyWWw\n228", "([a-z0-9]+)", "im" ) ) do
	            outputDebugString( "Match: " .. i .. ", " .. v );
                end
	end
);

Requirements

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Changelog

Version	Description

1.5.0-9.07315

Added flag "u" in regular expressions

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 ===Optional Arguments===
-*'''flags:''' Conjuncted value that contains flags ( 1 - ignorecase, 2 - multiline, 4 - dotall, 8 - extended ) or ( i - Ignore case, m - Multiline, d - Dotall, e - Extended )
+*'''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 )
 *'''maxResults:''' Maximum number of results to return
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 ==Requirements==
 {{Requirements|1.3.5-9.06056|1.3.5-9.06056|}}
+==Changelog==
+{{ChangelogHeader}}
+{{ChangelogItem|1.5.0-9.07315|Added flag "u" in regular expressions}}
 ==See Also==
 {{Utility_functions}}