regex_match_c

Syntax

native regex_match_c(const string[], Regex:pattern, &ret = 0);

Usage

string
The string to check.
pattern
The regular expression pattern.
ret
Error code, if applicable, or number of results on success. See REGEX_ERROR_* defines.

Description

Matches a string against a pre-compiled regular expression pattern.

Note

You should free the returned handle with regex_free()
when you are done with this pattern.

Note

Use the regex handle passed to this function to extract
matches with regex_substr().

Return

-2 = Matching error (error code is stored in ret)
 0 = No match.
>1 = Number of results.