Difference between revisions of "Extensions.StringUtil.MatchToRegularExpression"

Revision as of 10:32, 10 February 2015

BooleanTerm = MatchToRegularExpression(StringTerm, StringTerm);

The MatchToRegularExpression term returns TRUE if the used regular expression also returns TRUE on the string .

The Term returns the value, see table below.

In OTX, Terms are categorized according to its return data type!

Data Type	Description
Boolean	Result of the regular expression that is applied to the string

Name	Data Type	Class	Default	Cardinality	Description
String	String	Term	-	[1]	The string is analysed
RegExp	String	Term	-	[1]	The regular expression specified string will be carried out on the

Boolean Boolean1 = false;

Boolean1 = MatchToRegularExpression("emotive", "[a-z]*");
//Returns result = true

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 {{ClassificationActivity | MatchToRegularExpression | Uses of regular expressions | [[Term]] | [[StringUtil|OTX StringUtil extension]] | [[StringUtil related terms]] | [[OutOfBoundsException]] | - }}
-== Pseudo-Code Syntax ==
+== OTL Syntax ==
 <syntaxhighlight lang="java" enclose="div" style="font-size: medium;">
-String MatchToRegularExpression(String string, String regexp);
+BooleanTerm = MatchToRegularExpression(StringTerm, StringTerm);
 </syntaxhighlight>
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 |}
-== Examples ==
+== OTL Examples ==
 <syntaxhighlight lang="java" enclose="div" style="font-size: medium;">
-Boolean result = MatchToRegularExpression("emotive", "[a-z]*");
+Boolean Boolean1 = false;
+Boolean1 = MatchToRegularExpression("emotive", "[a-z]*");
 //Returns result = true
 </syntaxhighlight>