RegEx.CaptureCount

Queries number of captured sub patterns.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
RegExRef	The reference number for the regular expression returned from RegEx.Compile.	$regex

Result

Returns number or error.

Description

Examples

Run query:

Set Variable [ $Pattern ; Value: "H(.*)o (.)or(..)" ]
Set Variable [ $Text ; Value: "Hello World Test" ]
# Compile
Set Variable [ $Regex ; Value: MBS("RegEx.Compile"; $Pattern; "CaseLess") ]
If [ MBS("isError") ]
    Show Custom Dialog [ $Regex ]
    Exit Script [ Text Result: ]
End If
Set Variable [ $ExecuteResult ; Value: MBS("RegEx.Execute"; $RegEx; $Text; "") ]
If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ]
    Show Custom Dialog [ "Captures" ; MBS("RegEx.CaptureCount"; $RegEx) & " captures" ]
End If
# free last
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("RegEx.Release"; $RegEx) ]

See also

• IsError
• RegEx.Compile
• RegEx.Execute
• RegEx.Release
• RegEx.Substring

Example Databases

• RegEx/RegEx

This function is free to use.

Created 26th October 2014, last changed 26th April 2023

RSA.Verify - RegEx.Compile