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reFindNoCase

Uses a regular expression (RE) to search a string for a pattern, starting from a specified position. The search is case-insensitive.

reFindNoCase(reg_expression, String [, start] [, returnsubexpressions])

returns any

Argument Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description	Values
reg_expression	string	Yes
string	string	Yes		A string or a variable that contains one. String in which to search.
start	numeric	No	1
returnsubexpressions	boolean	No	NO	True: if the regular expression is found, the first array element contains the length and position, respectively, of the first match. If the regular expression contains parentheses that group subexpressions, each subsequent array element contains the length and position, respectively, of the first occurrence of each group. If the regular expression is not found, the arrays each contain one element with the value 0. False: the function returns the position in the string where the match begins. Default.
scope	string	No	one	CF2016+ * one: returns the first value that matches the regex. * all: returns all values that match the regex.	/Users/garethedwards/development/github/cfdocs/docs/functions/refindnocase.md	all

Script Syntax

reFindNoCase("E", "test 123!")

Expected Result: 2

Script Syntax

CF2016+ example with all optional arguments

serializeJSON(reFindNoCase("E", "test 123!", 1, true, "ALL"))

Expected Result: [{ “len”:[1], “match”:[“e”], “pos”:[2]}]

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