Dinfio Documentation — Function Reference: regex_match()

Module regex → regex_match()

Description

Perform a regular expression match

regex_match(pattern, subject, case_sensitive = false)

Parameters

pattern (string) — Regex pattern to search for. The pattern follows the ECMAScript syntax
subject (string) — The target sequence
case_sensitive (boolean, optional) — If case_sensitive is true then regex is performed with regard to case. The default value is false

Return Value

boolean — Returns true if pattern is matched against subject, and returns false if otherwise

Usage Example

import regex
 
regex_match("\w+@\w+\.org", "faruq@dinfio.org")    ' Returns true
regex_match("\w+@\w+\.org", "faruq@example.com")   ' Returns false