RegEx

super: Object

A regular expression is a special text string for describing a search pattern. Usually this pattern is used by string searching algorithms for find or find and replace operations on strings, or for input validation.

Events

Load() This event is called when the object becames available in the current runtime system.
Unload() This event is called when the object has been removed from the current runtime system (but not yet deallocated).

Class Methods

func count(pattern: String, string: String, options: Int = 0): Int Returns the number of matches of the regular expression within the specified string.
func search(pattern: String, string: String, options: Int = 0): List Returns an array containing all the matches of the regular expression in the string.
func ranges(pattern: String, string: String, options: Int = 0): List Returns an array containing all the ranges of the regular expression in the string.
func replace(pattern: String, string: String, template: String, options: Int = 0): String Returns a new string containing matching regular expressions replaced with the template string.

Examples

var pattern = "A.C";
var string = "AABCAABCBBABC";
var replacement = "ZZZ";
var options = 0;

var count = RegEx.count(pattern, string, options)
var list = RegEx.search(pattern, string, options)
var ranges = RegEx.ranges(pattern, string, options)
var replace = RegEx.replace(pattern, string, replacement, options)

Console.write("Count: \(count)")
Console.write("List: \(list)")
Console.write("Ranges: \(ranges)")
Console.write("Replace: \(replace)")

Result in Creo Console panel:

Count: 3
List: [ABC,ABC,ABC]
Ranges: [1...3,5...3,10...3]
Replace: AZZZAZZZBBZZZ