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Added in 2.4

$regmlex([name], M, N, [&binvar])

Returns the Nth regular expression capture group from the Mth match from $regex, $regsub, $regsubex or from an event.

See also $regsubex, $regsub, $regex, $regml, $regerrstr.

Parameters

Parameter Description
[name] A named regular expression, if not defined result from the last regular expression is returned. (optional)
M If M = 0, number of matches, otherwise the Mth match.
N The Nth group.
[&binvar] Adds the match to the specified &binvar instead. (changes return value to number of bytes added)

Properties

Property Description
.pos Returns the match position in the text.
.group Returns the group position (includes empty groups).

Example

; Search the text for the pattern 'abcdef' and print the result.
//echo -ag Number of matches: $regex(abcdef,/([a-z])([a-z])/g) - $regmlex(1,1) $regmlex(1,2) $regmlex(2,1) $regmlex(2,2)

Updated by Per Amundsen over 1 year ago · 9 revisions

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