regexFind

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Description

Description:

Searches in a string with a regular expression.

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See Arma 3: Regular Expressions.

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 from 0 to count haystack (haystack's length)

Return Value:

Array of nested arrays. Each lowest level array in format:

• 0: String - match
• 1: Number - offset of given match relative to haystack beginning (the 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/"]; // [[["cookie", 14]]]

Example 4:

Multiline example:

"co1kie2 co2kie" regexFind ["^co.kie$"]; // [[["co2kie",9]]]

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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