Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Component: RegEx

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Component: RegEx

Regular expressions like in Perl.

Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
4.4 / 13.2	✅ Yes	✅ 96%	✅ 96%	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

Item	Details
RegEx.CaptureCount Queries number of captured sub patterns.	All 4.4
RegEx.Compile Compiles a pattern.	All 4.4
RegEx.DataDetector Performs data detection to find details in text.	Mac/iOS 11.1
RegEx.Execute Executes a statement.	All 4.4
RegEx.Extract Extracts found text.	All 11.1
RegEx.FindMatches Finds in a text all matches of a given pattern and returns list.	All 5.1
RegEx.List Returns list of all regex IDs.	All 5.3
RegEx.Match Matches a text against to a pattern.	All 4.4
RegEx.MatchList Matches a list against a pattern.	All 4.4
RegEx.MinimumLength Queries the minimum length of the text to match.	All 4.4
RegEx.NameCount Queries number of names.	All 4.4
RegEx.NamedSubstring Queries the named substring.	All 4.4
RegEx.Options Queries the options to used when compiling the pattern.	All 4.4
RegEx.Pattern Queries the pattern used to compile this regular expression.	All 4.4
RegEx.Quote Quotes text for use in patterns.	All 7.5
RegEx.Release Frees memory for a regular expression.	All 4.4
RegEx.ReleaseAll New in 13.2 Frees all regular expression objects.	All 13.2
RegEx.Replace Replace pattern once.	All 7.5
RegEx.ReplaceAll Replaces patterns.	All 7.5
RegEx.Results Queries the result from execute.	All 4.4
RegEx.Size Queries size of compiled pattern.	All 4.4
RegEx.StringNumber Queries the index number of a name.	All 4.4
RegEx.Study Studies the regular expression for improved execution speed.	All 4.4
RegEx.Substring Queries a substring.	All 4.4
RegEx.SubstringList Returns list of substrings.	All 4.4
RegEx.Version Returns the version number of the PCRE library.	All 4.4

26 functions shown.

These functions require a paid license (62%).

Release notes

Version 13.2
- Added RegEx.Release and RegEx.ReleaseAll functions.
Version 12.5
- Disabled debug logging left over in RegEx.DataDetector function.
Version 11.1
- Added RegEx.DataDetector function.
- Added RegEx.Extract function.
Version 9.5
- Added NoReturnEnding parameter to RegEx.FindMatches function.
Version 8.2
- Improved speed for RegEx.FindMatches function a little bit.
Version 7.5
- Added RegEx.Replace, RegEx.ReplaceAll and RegEx.Quote functions.
- Changed RegEx options so you can pass by number or by text.

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