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reMatch

Uses a regular expression (RE) to search a string for a pattern, starting from a specified position.

reMatch(reg_expression, string)
returns array

Argument Reference

Name Type Required Default Description
reg_expression string Yes   Regular expression for which to search. Case-sensitive.
string string Yes   A string or a variable that contains one. String in which to search.

Simple reMatch Example

Extracts numbers from a string and returns them as an array

serializeJSON( reMatch("[0-9]+", "1 way to extract any number like 45, 38") )

Expected Result: [“1”,”45”,”38”]