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| applyColStyleToCell | true |
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| heading | 0 |
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| columnTypes | s,s,s,s |
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| multiple | false |
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| columnAttributes | style="background:#e5e7ea;font-weight:bold,,style="background:#e5e7ea;font-weight:bold, |
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| enableSorting | false |
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Syntax | matchStart(input, regex) | Package | | Alias | | Pkg Usage | | |
Description
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| Returns the position where the match starts or -1 if it doesn't match. |
Returns the position where the match starts or -1 if it doesn't match.
Parameters
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| applyColStyleToCell | true |
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| columnTypes | s,s,s,s |
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| heading | 0 |
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| multiple | false |
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| enableSorting | false |
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Parameter name | Type | Required | Description |
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input | String | Yes | Specifies a character expression to match the regex against. | regex | String | Yes | Specifies a regular expression to match the specified string. | |
Return Type
Number
Example
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wret = matchStart("This will return ?", "will.*");
print("Return " + wret); |
Matches the string starting with will and will return 5 (the position of w character).
See also
| Filter by label (Content by label) |
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| showLabels | false |
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| max | 25 |
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| showSpace | false |
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| cql | label = "string_routine" and space = currentSpace ( ) |
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| labels | array_routines |
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