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Regex.quickMatch(3kaya) Kaya module reference Regex.quickMatch(3kaya)

NAME

Regex::quickMatch - Test whether a string matches the pattern

SYNOPSIS

Bool quickMatch( String patt, String str, [REFlags] fl=createArray(1) )

ARGUMENTS

patt A regular expression in String form
str The string to be matched
fl A list of Regex.REFlags (3kaya) options for the regular expression. This parameter is optional and defaults to the empty list.

DESCRIPTION

Test whether str matches patt , returning true if it does and false otherwise.

if (!quickMatch(".@.*\.[a-z]+$",email,[IgnoreCase])) {
throw(NotAnEmailAddress);
}

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

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