Extensions.StringUtil.MatchToRegularExpression

Classification

Name	MatchToRegularExpression
Short Description	Uses of regular expressions
Class	Term
Extension	OTX StringUtil extension
Group	StringUtil related terms
Exceptions	OutOfBoundsException
Checker Rules	-
Standard Compliant	Yes

OTL Syntax

BooleanTerm = MatchToRegularExpression(StringTerm, StringTerm);

Description

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

Return Value

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

Properties

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

OTL Examples

Boolean Boolean1 = false;

Boolean1 = MatchToRegularExpression("emotive", "[a-z]*");

See also

ReplaceSubString
StringConcatenate
SubString
LengthOfString
IndexOf
SplitString
ToUpper
ToLower
Encode
Decode