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<div><h1>match(String,String) -- regular expression matching</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>match(p,s)</tt></div>
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<li><span>Function: <a href="_match_lp__String_cm__String_rp.html" title="regular expression matching">match</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>p</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span>, a regular expression</span></li>
<li><span><tt>s</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span>, a subject string to be searched</span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Consequences:<ul><li>the variable <a href="_match_lp__String_cm__String_rp.html" title="regular expression matching">lastMatch</a> is set to the value returned by <a href="_regex.html" title="">regex</a>, which is called by <a href="_match_lp__String_cm__String_rp.html" title="regular expression matching">match</a></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___Boolean.html">Boolean value</a></span>, whether the regular expression <tt>p</tt> matches the string <tt>s</tt></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : match ("asd", "--asd--")
o1 = true</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : lastMatch
o2 = {(2, 3)}
o2 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : match ("asd", "--as--")
o3 = false</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : lastMatch</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_regular_spexpressions.html" title="">regular expressions</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_regex.html" title="">regex</a></span></li>
<li><span><a href="_replace.html" title="replacement in strings and lists">replace</a> -- replacement in strings and lists</span></li>
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