re

The re module contains functions for regular expression handing. Please note that if applicable literal regular expressions are faster.

Functions

replace(regex, input, to)

Replaces the first occurrence of regex in the input string with to.

References to match groups can be done using $`` as either numbered references like $1inserting the first capture or named using$foo` inserting the capture named foo.

Returns a string

replace_all(regex, input, to)

Replaces all occurrences of regex in the input string with to.

References to match groups can be done using $ as either numbered references like $1 inserting the first capture or named using $foo inserting the capture named foo.

Returns a string

is_match(regex, input)

Returns if the regex machines input.

Returns a bool

split(regex, input)

Splits the input string using the provided regular expression regex as separator.

re::split(" ", "this is a test") == ["this", "is", "a", "string"].

Returns a [string]