Regular Expression Functions
Description
Functions for creating and using regular expressions
- Name
- Description
- Overview of Regular Expressions
An overview of regular expressions, including a look at literals, wildcards, repeats, and more.
- Matching Clauses in Regular Expressions
A list of various matching clauses in regular expressions with descriptions of their meanings and examples of their use.
- Repetition Characters in Regular Expressions
Covers the special characters {n}, {n,}, {n,m}, ?, *, and +
- REGEX_ESCAPE Function
Escapes characters that have special meaning in Regular Expressions
- REGEX_GREP Function
Performs a regex grep on text. format takes \0 for all text \N for tagged expression. options same as regex_match with additional options: N No copy of unmatched text. F Only process first match.
- REGEX_MATCH Function
Return TRUE if regular expression tags match.
- REGEX_MERGE Function
Performs a regex merge on text. options same as regex_match with additional options: N No copy of unmatched text. F Only process first match.
- REGEX_SPLIT Function
Extract regular expression tags. options same as regex_match.
- REGEX_VALID Function
Validates a regular expression.
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