Options (Regex property)

Regular expression options (Regex class)

This method returns the Options value specified in the Regex constructor call.

Syntax

%string = regex:Options

Syntax terms

%string	The Options value specified in the Regex constructor call. If no options were specified, a zer-length string is returned.
regex	The Regex object.

Usage notes

• The returned value is always in upper case with no blanks between options, regardless of casing and spacing used in the constructor call.

Examples

The following example:

b %regex is object regex %regex = new("([a-z]{3,}\d{3,})", options="is") print %regex:options end

displays:

IS

See also

Regex class	List of Regex methods	Regex methods syntax
Notation conventions for methods