Class RXMatch

Regular expression match info. Used with regexp class functions and String extension methods like ExtString.RxMatch.

public class RXMatch

Remarks

Contains info about a regular expression match found in the subject string: index, length, substring, etc. Also contains an array of group matches, as RXGroup. Groups are regular expression parts enclosed in (), except (?...). Group matches can be accessed like array elements. Group 0 is whole match. Group 1 is the first group. See examples.

Examples

var s = "ab cd-45-ef gh";
if(s.RxMatch(@"\b([a-z]+)-(\d+)\b", out RXMatch m))
	print.it(
		m.GroupCountPlusOne, //3 (whole match and 2 groups)
		m.Start, //3, same as m[0].Index
		m.Value, //"cd-45-ef", same as m[0].Value
		m[1].Start, //3
		m[1].Value, //"cd"
		m[2].Start, //6
		m[2].Value //"45"
		);

A group in the subject string may not exist even if whole match found. Then its Exists property is false, Index -1, Length 0, Valuenull.

var s = "ab cd--ef gh";
if(s.RxMatch(@"\b([a-z]+)-(\d+)?-([a-z]+)\b", out RXMatch m))
	print.it(
		m.GroupCountPlusOne, //4 (whole match and 3 groups)
		m[2].Exists, //false
		m[2].Start, //-1
		m[2].Length, //0
		m[2].Value //null
		);

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Namespace: Au.Types

Assembly: Au.dll

Inheritance

object

RXMatch

Properties

Name	Description
End	Gets end offset of the match in the subject string (RXMatch.Start + RXMatch.Length). The same as that of group 0 (RXGroup.End).
Exists	Gets the return value of the regexp.Match call.
GroupCountPlusOne	Gets the number of groups in the regular expression, + 1 for the whole match.
IsPartial	Returns true if this match is partial. Partial match is possible if used a PARTIAL_ flag.
this[int]	Gets group info. Index 0 is whole match. Index 1 is the first group.
this[string]	Gets group info of a named group.
Length	Gets length of the match in the subject string. The same as that of group 0 (RXGroup.Length).
Mark	Gets the name of a found mark, or null.
Span	Gets span of the subject string from RXMatch.Start to RXMatch.End. The same as that of group 0 (RXGroup.Span).
Start	Gets start offset of the match in the subject string. The same as that of group 0 (RXGroup.Start).
StartNoK	Gets start offset of whole match regardless of \K. When the regular expression contains \K, this is less than RXMatch.Start.
Subject	Gets the subject string in which this match was found.
Value	Gets substring of the subject string from RXMatch.Start to RXMatch.End. The same as that of group 0 (RXGroup.Value).

Methods

Name	Description
ExpandReplacement(string)	Returns expanded version of the specified replacement pattern.
GroupNumberFromName(string)	Finds a named group and returns its 1-based index. Returns -1 if not found.
GroupNumberFromName(string, out bool)	Finds a named group and returns its 1-based index. Returns -1 if not found.
ToString()	Returns RXGroup.ToString of group 0.