RegEx

Regular Expression Callbacks

Summary

RegEx	Regular Expression Callbacks
RegEx_Match	RegExMatch with callback
RegEx_Replace	RegExReplace with callback
Example
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RegEx_Match

RegEx_Match( ByRef HayStack,
Pattern,
Fun,
Start = 1 )

RegExMatch with callback

Parameters

HayStack	Reference to the string to be analysed
Pattern	Regular Expression pattern without named sub-patterns
Fun	AHK callback. Function must have number of arguments equal to number of sub-patterns + 1. First parameter contains entire match, additional parameters are values of sub-patterns. Function returns true/false to continue/stop matching.
Start	Start position

Returns

Number of times callback is called

RegEx_Replace

RegEx_Replace( ByRef HayStack,
Pattern,
Fun,
Start = 1 )

RegExReplace with callback

Parameters

HayStack	Reference to the string to be analysed
Pattern	Regular Expression pattern without named sub-patterns
Fun	AHK callback. Function must have number of arguments equal to number of sub-patterns + 1. First parameter contains entire match, additional parameters are values of sub-patterns. Function returns string that will be used as replacement for current match.
Start	Start position

Returns

New haystack

Example

    text := "a b c abc123efg abc9000cde"
    s := RegEx_Replace(text, "abc([0-9]+)", "MyFun")
    msgbox %s%
return

MyFun($, $1){
    return $1 * 2
}

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