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This routine is available starting with katl-commons SIL Engine™ 2.0.3 for Jira 5.x or katl-commons SIL Engine™ 1.1.10 for Jira 4.3.x/4.4.x.

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Description

Excerpt

Returns "true" if character expression string matches the regular expression regex.

Parameters

Parameter name

Type

Required

Description

string

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

boolean (true/false)

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Matches any string containing "will". Prints Return true

Example 2

Code Block
wret = matches("This will return ?", "will");
print("Return " + wret);

Matches only the string "will". Prints Return false

Example 3

Code Block
wret = matches("This will return ?", ".*will[^\\?]*\\?");
print("Return " + wret);

Matches any string containing "will" and ending with a question mark. Prints Return true

Notes

Note
  • As shown in Example 3, use double backslash (\\) instead of a single backslash where needed.
  • For more information on regular expressions, see Oracle documentation.

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