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match() Operation

Syntax

set result = aString.match(regExpPattern)

Semantics

Returns true, if the pattern matches the whole string aString.

Substitutables

aString

Can be any variable or object attribute having the type String.  

regExpPattern

Regular expressions (see Regular Expressions for a list of valid regular expressions). An introduction into regular expressions can be found at http://www.regular-expressions.info/.

Examples

This example results in result = false.

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set s1 = "The match() operation doesn't find the X, does it?" 
set result = s1.match("X.+");

This example results in result = true.

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set s1 = "X is found by the match() operation." 
set result = s1.match("X.+");
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