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Latest revision as of 18:35, 14 March 2023
getGroupStart() Function
• Introduced in version 1.3b48
Returns the start index of the specified capture group for the specified match that was found using strfind()
Usage
getGroupStart(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 start = [getGroupStart(id, 1, 1)]<br>
match 1, group 2 start = [getGroupStart(id, 1, 2)]<br>
match 2, group 1 start = [getGroupStart(id, 2, 1)]<br>
match 2, group 2 start = [getGroupStart(id, 2, 2)]<br>Returns
match 1, group 1 start = 0 match 1, group 2 start = 5 match 2, group 1 start = 8 match 2, group 2 start = 10