jcs:regex() Function

The jcs:regex() function evaluates a regular expression against a given argument and returns any matches.

The function syntax is as follows:



var $pat = "(evaluation-pattern)";
var $output = ($pat, ”expression”)

Where:

For example:



var $pat = "([0–9=) (:*)([a-z}*)";
var $a = jcs:regex($pat, "123:xyz");

Returns:



"123:xyz"
     ([0–9]+) returns "123"
     (:*) returns ":"
     ([a-z]*) returns "xyz"

For example:



var $pat = "([0–9=) (:*)([a-z}*)";
var $a = jcs:regex($pat, "r2d2");

Returns:



"2d"
     ([0–9]+) returns "2"
     (:*) returns empty match
     ([a-z]*) returns "d"