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==Function getGroupEnd==
{{MacroFunction
|name=getGroupEnd
|description=Returns the end index of the specified capture group for the specified match that was found using [[strfind|strfind()]]


Returns the end index of the specified capture group for the specified match that was found using [[Macros:Functions:strfind|strfind()]]
|usage=
 
 
===Usage===
<source lang="mtmacro" line>
<source lang="mtmacro" line>
[h: text = getGroupEnd(id, match, group)]
[h: text = getGroupEnd(id, match, group)]
</source>
</source>
Where  
Where  
* id is the id returned by [[Macros:Functions:strfind|strfind()]]
* id is the id returned by [[strfind|strfind()]]
* match is the number of the match found by [[Macros:Functions:strfind|strfind()]]
* match is the number of the match found by [[strfind|strfind()]]
* group is the number of the capture group found by [[Macros:Functions:strfind|strfind()]]
* group is the number of the capture group found by [[strfind|strfind()]]


===Examples===
|example=
<source lang="mtmacro" line>
<source lang="mtmacro" line>
[h: id = strfind("this is a test", "(\\S+)\\s(\\S+)\\s*")]
[h: id = strfind("this is a test", "(\\S+)\\s(\\S+)\\s*")]
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match 2, group 2 end = 14   
match 2, group 2 end = 14   
</pre>
</pre>
}}
[[Category:String Function]]

Revision as of 03:14, 7 March 2009

getGroupEnd() Function

Returns the end index of the specified capture group for the specified match that was found using strfind()

Usage

[h: text = getGroupEnd(id, match, group)]

Where

  • id is the id returned by strfind()
  • match is the number of the match found by strfind()
  • group is the number of the capture group found by strfind()

Example

[h: id = strfind("this is a test", "(\\S+)\\s(\\S+)\\s*")]
match 1, group 1 end = [getGroupEnd(id, 1, 1)]<br>
match 1, group 2 end = [getGroupEnd(id, 1, 2)]<br>
match 2, group 1 end = [getGroupEnd(id, 2, 1)]<br>
match 2, group 2 end = [getGroupEnd(id, 2, 2)]<br>

Returns

match 1, group 1 end = 4 
match 1, group 2 end = 7 
match 2, group 1 end = 9 
match 2, group 2 end = 14