Class wwRegEx
RegEx class based on the VBScript RegEx class. Instance loads up the VBScript RegEx object and keeps it alive in this instance.
This class matches the RegEx class signature and then adds a number of useful high level methods.
Class Members
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MultiLine | Determines whether the RegEx expression works on multiple lines of text. |
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Matches | A collection of matches after the Match method is called. |
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IgnoreCase | Determines whether the RegEx expression is case sensitive. |
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Global | This property determines whether all matches or just the first one is returned. Defaults to .T. returning all matches in the match collection. |
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Test | Tests a regEx expression.
o.Test(lcSource,lcRegEx)
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Replace | Replaces the replace string or expression for any RegEx matches found in a source string NOTE: The behavior of this functionality is very different from native Replace behavior in most RegEx…
o.Replace(lcSource,lcRegEx,lcReplace,llIsExpression)
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Match | wwRegEx :: Match Function: Assume: Pass: Return:
o.Match(lcSource,lcRegEx)
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aStripExpressions | Picks out all expressions matched and replaces them with a specified string returning the matched strings as an array. Useful in temporary document parsing when you need to strip out portions of a…
o.aStripExpressions(@laMatches,@laText,lcPattern,lcReplaceWith)
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aRestoreExpressions | Restore stripped expressions in a text string that match a given static string that was typically created with aStripExpressions. This routine finds the static text and replaces it with the content…
o.aRestoreExpressions(@laMatches,lcText,lcReplaceText)
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GetwwRegEx | This helper **function** creates a cached `wwRegEx` object. Because it caches globally it is much faster on repeated iterations. > Note: This a global function in `wwRegEx.prg`, not a method of the…
GetwwRegEx()
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Assembly: wwregex.prg
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