matches

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Availability

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

Syntax

matches(string, regex)

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

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.

boolean (true/false)

wret = matches("This will return ?", ".*will.*");
print("Return " + wret);

Matches any string containing "will". Prints Return true

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

Matches only the string "will". Prints Return false

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

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

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