CRegExp.Executemethod

Executes a regular expression search against a specified string.

Syntax

FUNCTION Execute (BYREF wszSourceString AS CONST WSTRING) AS BOOLEAN

Parameters

Return value

BOOLEAN. True on success or False on failure.

Description

Executes a regular expression search against a specified string.

Example

#include once "AfxNova/CRegExp2.inc" USING AfxNova DIM pRegExp AS CRegExp pRegExp.Pattern = "is." pRegExp.IgnoreCase = TRUE pRegExp.Global = TRUE IF pRegExp.Execute("IS1 is2 IS3 is4") = FALSE THEN PRINT "No match found" ELSE DIM nCount AS LONG = pRegExp.MatchesCount FOR i AS LONG = 0 TO nCount - 1

PRINT "Value: ", pRegExp.MatchValue(i)
  PRINT "Position: ", pRegExp.MatchPos(i)
  PRINT "Length: ", pRegExp.MatchLen(i)
  PRINT

NEXT END IF

Reference

• Include file CRegExp.inc
• Defined in AfxNova/CRegExp.inc:253
• Documented in Windows/Windows Script/CRegExp Class.md
• Topic: CRegExp Class