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This routine is available starting with SIL Engine™ 2.5.15 / 2.6.7.| Table plus |
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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 | matchText(input, regex) | Package | | Alias | | Pkg Usage | | |
Description
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| Returns the text matched or empty string if it doesn't match. |
Returns the text matched or empty string 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 | |
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String | Yes | Specifies a character expression to match the regex against. | regex |
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String | Yes | Specifies a regular expression to match the specified string. |
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Return
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Type
string
Related routines
| Filter by label (Content by label) |
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| showLabels | false |
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| spaces | SIL40 |
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| showSpace | false |
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| cql | label = "regex" and space = "SIL" |
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| labels | regex |
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Example
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String
Example
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wret = matchText("This will return ?", ".*will");
print("Return " + wret); |
Returns the string matched (at the beginning of the string until will until "will" word.
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See also
| Filter by label (Content by label) |
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| showLabels | false |
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| max | 10025 |
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| showSpace | false |
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| cql | label = "string_routines" and space = currentSpace ( ) |
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| labels | stringarray_routines |
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