Regex::quickMatch(3) 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 ([email protected]). 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.

RELATED

Regex.match(3kaya)

Regex.quickMatch(3kaya)