OxL Reference

method Regex.captures

The first match with its groups.

Example:

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fn main() io {
  let re = Regex.compile("(\\w+)=(\\w+)")!
  match re.captures("a=1 b=2") {
    c? => print("{c.text(1)!} -> {c.text(2)!}")
    none => print("no match")
  }
}
Output
a -> 1
pub(api) fn captures(s: str) -> Captures?

Complexity. O(n) in the length of the text.

Since. 1.0.0-beta

Parameters

NameType
sstr

Returns

Captures?

Effects

none declared (pure unless the body says otherwise)

Defined in: std/core/text.oxl:1333

See also