regex

The regex module provides compiled regular expression matching using RE2-compatible syntax.

Usage

let pattern = Regex r"\d+"
let caps = pattern.match "abc 42 def"
echo caps  # => 42

Types

• Regex - A compiled regular expression

Syntax

Patterns use RE2 syntax, the same as the Rust regex crate. This supports most common regular expression features including:

• Character classes: \d, \w, \s, [a-z], [^abc]
• Repetition: *, +, ?, {n}, {n,m}
• Anchors: ^, $, \b
• Groups: (abc), (?:abc) (non-capturing), (?<name>abc) (named)
• Alternation: a|b

Backreferences and lookahead/lookbehind assertions are not supported.