regexFind

2.06

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Only available in Development branch(es) until its release with Arma 3 patch v2.06.

Description

Description:

Returns all all matches found with given pattern in given haystack and their offset.

Groups:

Strings - Regular Expression

Syntax

Syntax:

haystack regexFind [pattern, startOffset]

Parameters:

haystack: String

pattern: String - Format regex pattern

offset: Number - (Optional, default: 0) has to be in range 0..haystackLength

Return Value:

Array of arrays. Each array in format:

• 0: String - Match
• 1: Number - Offset of given match relative to haystack beginning. Provided offset is ignored

Examples

Example 1:

"wooKie boOkie cookie" regexFind [".ookie/gio"]; // [["wooKie",0],["boOkie",7],["cookie",14]]

Example 2:

"wooKie boOkie cookie" regexFind [".ookie/i"]; // [["wooKie",0]]

Example 3:

"wooKie boOkie cookie" regexFind [".ookie/"]; // [["wooKie",0],["boOkie",7],["cookie",14]]

Example 4:

Multiline example:"co1kie2 co2kie" regexFind ["^co.kie$"]; // [["co1kie",0],["co2kie",8]]

Example 5:

"I'm a cookie clicker" regexFind ["c(.*?)k(.*?)e/i"]; // [["cookie",6],["oo",7],["i",10]]

Example 6:

"I'm a cookie clicker" regexFind ["c(.*?)k(.*?)e"]; // [["cookie",6],["oo",7],["i",10],["clicke",13],["lic",14],["",18]]

Additional Information

See also:

regexMatch regexReplace

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