Regex.quickMatch(3kaya)
NAME
Regex::quickMatch - Test whether a string matches the pattern
SYNOPSIS
Bool quickMatch( String patt, String str, [REFlags] fl=createArray(1) )
ARGUMENTS
patt A regular expression in String form
str The string to be matched
fl A list of Regex.REFlags (3kaya) options for the regular expression.
This parameter is optional and defaults to the empty list.
DESCRIPTION
- Test whether str matches patt , returning true if it does and false
otherwise.
- if (!quickMatch(".@.*\.[a-z]+$",email,[IgnoreCase])) {
- throw(NotAnEmailAddress);
- }
AUTHORS
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others
(kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free
Software Foundation.
RELATED
- Regex.match (3kaya)
Regex.quickMatch (3kaya)