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This page is [[under construction]].
This method makes a copy of the <var>Regex</var> object.
 
This method is identical to [[DeepCopy (Regex function)|DeepCopy]].
==Syntax==
==Syntax==
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===Syntax terms===
===Syntax terms===
<table class="syntaxTable">
<table class="syntaxTable">
<tr><th>%outRegex</th><td><var>Regex</var> object</td></tr>
<tr><th>%outRegex</th><td>A new <var>Regex</var> object</td></tr>
<tr><th>regex</th>
<tr><th>regex</th>
<td>Regex object, which may be <var>Null</var></td></tr>
<td>Regex object, which may be <var>Null</var></td></tr>
</table>
</table>
==Usage notes==
==Examples==
==Examples==
The following make a copy of a <var>Regex</var> object and then uses it to do a match:
<p class="code">%regex        is object regex
%regex2      is object regex
%str          is longstring
...
%regex2 = %regex:copy
if %regex2:match(%str) then
  ...
end if
</p>
==See also==
==See also==
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This method indicates whether or not the regular expression used to create the <var>Regex</var> object was specified in Unicode.
==Syntax==
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===Syntax terms===
<table class="syntaxTable">
<tr><th>%boolean</th><td><var>Boolean</var> value that indicates whether (<var>true</var>) or not (<var>false</var>) the regular expression used to constuct the <var>Regex</var> object was Unicode.</td></tr>
<tr><th>regex</th>
<td>The <var>Regex</var> object</td></tr>
</table>
==Examples==
The following example:
<p class="code">b
%regex    is object regex
%regex = new("(((Tomorrow|Today) is)|(Yesterday was)) Pie Day", options="i")
print %regex:isUnicode
%regex = new("((Tomorrow|Today) is)|(Yesterday was) &pi; Day":u, options="i")
print %regex:isUnicode
end
</p>
displays:
<p class="code">False
True
</p>
==See also==
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[[Category:Regular expression processing]]

Latest revision as of 02:16, 14 March 2022

Return a copy of a Regex object (Regex class)


This method makes a copy of the Regex object.

This method is identical to DeepCopy.

Syntax

%outRegex = regex:Copy

Syntax terms

%outRegexA new Regex object
regex Regex object, which may be Null

Examples

The following make a copy of a Regex object and then uses it to do a match:

%regex is object regex %regex2 is object regex %str is longstring ... %regex2 = %regex:copy if %regex2:match(%str) then ... end if

See also

Is this a Unicode regular expression (Regex class)


This method indicates whether or not the regular expression used to create the Regex object was specified in Unicode.

Syntax

%boolean = regex:IsUnicode

Syntax terms

%booleanBoolean value that indicates whether (true) or not (false) the regular expression used to constuct the Regex object was Unicode.
regex The Regex object

Examples

The following example:

b %regex is object regex %regex = new("(((Tomorrow|Today) is)|(Yesterday was)) Pie Day", options="i") print %regex:isUnicode %regex = new("((Tomorrow|Today) is)|(Yesterday was) π Day":u, options="i") print %regex:isUnicode end

displays:

False True

See also