Class documentation: System.regex

Regular expression matching on text.

Inherits

System.object

Classes contained

• System.regex.match_result: Regular expression result object.

Constructors

• make System.regex(regex): Construct new regular expression object.
  • regex: Regular expression to use.

Destructor

Operators

Properties

• case_insensitive: Is match case-insensitive?
• internal_regex_obj:

Methods

• match(str): Match regular expression on text.
  • str: String to search.
• match(str, start): Match regular expression on text.
  • str: String to search.
  • start: Starting location to search.
• replace(str, replace_with): Replaces string matched by regular expression with another.
  • str: String to manipulate.
  • replace_with: String to replace with.
• replace(str, replace_with, max): Replaces string matched by regular expression with another.
  • str: String to manipulate.
  • replace_with: String to replace with.
  • max: Maximum times to replace.
• split(str): Splits a string based on regular expression.
  • str: String to split.
• split(str, max): Splits a string based on regular expression.
  • str: String to split.
  • max: Maximum results to return.