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regex

This class provides a .NET implementation of regex

Functions

  • is_match(input, pattern) Returns boolean
  • matches(input, pattern) Returns a table where the key is the index and the value is string(match value)
  • matches_groups(input, pattern, target_groups) Returns a table where the key is the index and the value is string(group value) target_groups - is the group names table, which value the function should return
  • replace(input, replace_to, pattern) Returns string

Examples:

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Include("system_console")
Include("system_text_regex")

local pattern = [[\S+]]

while True do
console.print("Write something: ")
input = console.readln()
value = regex.is_match(input, pattern)

console.println("Is in input only chars: " + value)
end

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Include("system_console")
Include("system_text_regex")

local pattern = [[(?:"((?:\\.|[^"\\])*)"|([^\s]+))]]
local groups = {1, 2}

console.print("Write some command: ")
local input = console.readln()

for index, token in pairs(regex.matches_groups(input, pattern, groups)) do
    console.println(token)
end