Class: Regex

Static Methods

Regex Regex.new(pattern: string)

Constructs a new Regex object. Errors if the pattern is invalid.

string Regex.Escape(contents: string)

Escapes a string for use by regex.

Methods

Match | nil Regex:Match(contents: string)

Matches contents against this Regex object and returns the first Match, or nil if no match was found.

table Regex:MatchMany(contents: string)

Matches contents against this Regex object and returns all Matches found.

string Regex:Replace(contents: string, replace_with: string)

Replaces the first match of this Regex object in contents with replace_with.