- Name
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PatternFindStrShort -- parse a string using pattern matching (V6.0)
- Synopsis
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... = PatternFindStrShort(s$, pat$[, start, encoding])
- Function
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This function does the same as PatternFindStrDirect()
but does not return the start and end indices. See PatternFindStrDirect for details.
The pattern specified in pat$ must adhere to the pattern syntax as described in the
documentation of the PatternReplaceStr() function.
See PatternReplaceStr for details.
- Inputs
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- s$
- string to parse
- pat$
- pattern according to which the string should be parsed
- start
- optional: position where search should start (defaults to 0)
- encoding
- optional: character encoding to use (defaults to default string encoding) (V7.0)
- Results
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- ...
- individual strings with all captures
- Example
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DebugPrint(PatternFindStrShort("Name=Andreas", "(%w+)=(%w+)"))
The above example returns the strings next to the equal sign.