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.. _class_RegEx:
RegEx
=====
**Inherits:** :ref:`Reference<class_reference>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_object>`
**Category:** Core
Brief Description
-----------------
Simple regular expression matcher.
Member Functions
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| void | :ref:`clear<class_RegEx_clear>` **(** **)** |
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| :ref:`int<class_int>` | :ref:`compile<class_RegEx_compile>` **(** :ref:`String<class_string>` pattern, :ref:`int<class_int>` capture=9 **)** |
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| :ref:`int<class_int>` | :ref:`find<class_RegEx_find>` **(** :ref:`String<class_string>` text, :ref:`int<class_int>` start=0, :ref:`int<class_int>` end=-1 **)** const |
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| :ref:`String<class_string>` | :ref:`get_capture<class_RegEx_get_capture>` **(** :ref:`int<class_int>` capture **)** const |
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| :ref:`int<class_int>` | :ref:`get_capture_count<class_RegEx_get_capture_count>` **(** **)** const |
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| :ref:`int<class_int>` | :ref:`get_capture_start<class_RegEx_get_capture_start>` **(** :ref:`int<class_int>` capture **)** const |
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| :ref:`StringArray<class_stringarray>` | :ref:`get_captures<class_RegEx_get_captures>` **(** **)** const |
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| :ref:`bool<class_bool>` | :ref:`is_valid<class_RegEx_is_valid>` **(** **)** const |
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Description
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Class for finding text patterns in a string using regular expressions. Regular expressions are a way to define patterns of text to be searched.
This class only finds patterns in a string. It can not perform replacements.
Usage of regular expressions is too long to be explained here, but Internet is full of tutorials and detailed explanations.
Currently supported features:
Capturing ``()`` and non-capturing ``(?:)`` groups
Any character ``.``
Shorthand character classes ``\w \W \s \S \d \D``
User-defined character classes such as ``:ref:`A-Za-z<class_a-za-z>```
Simple quantifiers ``?``, ``\*`` and ``+``
Range quantifiers ``{x,y}``
Lazy (non-greedy) quantifiers ``\*?``
Beginning ``^`` and end ``$`` anchors
Alternation ``|``
Backreferences ``\1`` and ``\g{1}``
POSIX character classes ``:ref:`[:alnum:<class_[:alnum:>`]``
Lookahead ``(?=)``, ``(?!)`` and lookbehind ``(?<=)``, ``(?<!)``
ASCII ``\xFF`` and Unicode ``\uFFFF`` code points (in a style similar to Python)
Word boundaries ``\b``, ``\B``
Member Function Description
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.. _class_RegEx_clear:
- void **clear** **(** **)**
This method resets the state of the object, as it was freshly created. Namely, it unassigns the regular expression of this object, and forgets all captures made by the last :ref:`find<class_RegEx_find>`.
.. _class_RegEx_compile:
- :ref:`int<class_int>` **compile** **(** :ref:`String<class_string>` pattern, :ref:`int<class_int>` capture=9 **)**
Compiles and assign the regular expression pattern to use. The limit on the number of capturing groups can be specified or made unlimited if negative.
.. _class_RegEx_find:
- :ref:`int<class_int>` **find** **(** :ref:`String<class_string>` text, :ref:`int<class_int>` start=0, :ref:`int<class_int>` end=-1 **)** const
This method tries to find the pattern within the string, and returns the position where it was found. It also stores any capturing group (see :ref:`get_capture<class_RegEx_get_capture>`) for further retrieval.
.. _class_RegEx_get_capture:
- :ref:`String<class_string>` **get_capture** **(** :ref:`int<class_int>` capture **)** const
Returns a captured group. A captured group is the part of a string that matches a part of the pattern delimited by parentheses (unless they are non-capturing parentheses *(?:)*).
.. _class_RegEx_get_capture_count:
- :ref:`int<class_int>` **get_capture_count** **(** **)** const
Returns the number of capturing groups. A captured group is the part of a string that matches a part of the pattern delimited by parentheses (unless they are non-capturing parentheses *(?:)*).
.. _class_RegEx_get_capture_start:
- :ref:`int<class_int>` **get_capture_start** **(** :ref:`int<class_int>` capture **)** const
.. _class_RegEx_get_captures:
- :ref:`StringArray<class_stringarray>` **get_captures** **(** **)** const
Return a list of all the captures made by the regular expression.
.. _class_RegEx_is_valid:
- :ref:`bool<class_bool>` **is_valid** **(** **)** const
Returns whether this object has a valid regular expression assigned.