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Syntax | set result = aString.findPattern(regExpPattern) set result = findPattern(LITERAL, regExpPattern) | |
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Semantics | Returns the first occurrence of the pattern found in aString. Raises an error if the pattern is not found. Returns a new string. The state of the current string is not changed. | |
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/. | |
LITERAL | String literal. | |
Error Codes | Find the related error codes on System Errors of string operations. | |
FUSSM/21 | Cannot find any occurrences of pattern <pattern> in string <string>. | |
Examples | This example returns set s1 = "The findPattern() operation finds the X in this phrase." set result = s1.findPattern("X.+"); This example throws an error as there is no X in the string at all. set s1 = "The findPattern() operation won't find the pattern." set result = s1.findPattern("X.+"); |
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