Added in 3.3

$hregex(name|N,text,[N])

Searches table for the Nth item name which matches text using a regular expression and returns the item name.

See also /hsave, /hload, /hmake, /hfree, /hdel, $hget.

See also $hfind, $hmatch.

Parameters

Parameter Description
name|N Name of the hash table or the Nth hash table.
text Text to search for.
[N] If N = 0, number of matches, otherwise the Nth match. (optional)

Properties

Property Description
.data Search for a matching data value instead of item name.

Example

; Searches the hash table 'Example' and prints the number of matches.
//echo -ag result: $hregex(Example, /.*/, 0)

; Searches the hash table 'Example' and prints the first matched item.
//echo -ag result: $hregex(Example, /.*/, 1)

; Searches the hash table 'Example' and prints the first matched data.
//echo -ag result: $hregex(Example, /.*/, 1).data