The EReg class represents regular expressions.
While basic usage and patterns consistently work across platforms, some more complex operations may yield different results. This is a necessary trade- off to retain a certain level of performance.
EReg instances can be created by calling the constructor, or with the
special syntax ~/pattern/modifier
EReg instances maintain an internal state, which is affected by several of its methods.
A detailed explanation of the supported operations is available at https://haxe.org/manual/std-regex.html
Constructor
Methods
match (s:String):Bool
Tells if this regular expression matches String s.
This method modifies the internal state.
If s is null, the result is unspecified.
matched (n:Int):String
Returns the matched sub-group n of this EReg.
This method should only be called after this.match or
this.matchSub, and then operates on the String of that operation.
The index n corresponds to the n-th set of parentheses in the pattern
of this EReg. If no such sub-group exists, an exception is thrown.
If n equals 0, the whole matched substring is returned.
matchedPos ():{pos:Int, len:Int}
Returns the position and length of the last matched substring, within
the String which was last used as argument to this.match or
this.matchSub.
If the most recent call to this.match or this.matchSub did not
match anything, the result is unspecified.
If the global g modifier was in place for the matching, the position and length of the leftmost substring is returned.