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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.
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
Updated by Per Amundsen over 2 years ago · 3 revisions