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<h1>Module <a href="type_Zed_re.html">Zed_re</a></h1>
<pre><span class="keyword">module</span> Zed_re: <code class="code">sig</code> <a href="Zed_re.html">..</a> <code class="code">end</code></pre><div class="info module top">
Regular expressions on ropes<br>
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<pre><span id="TYPEt"><span class="keyword">type</span> <code class="type"></code>t</span> </pre>
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Type of compiled regular expressions.<br>
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<pre><span id="TYPEmatch_result"><span class="keyword">type</span> <code class="type"></code>match_result</span> = <code class="type">(<a href="Zed_rope.Zip.html#TYPEt">Zed_rope.Zip.t</a> * <a href="Zed_rope.Zip.html#TYPEt">Zed_rope.Zip.t</a>) option array option</code> </pre>
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Type of a match result. If the match fail, <code class="code">None</code> is
returned. Otherwise an array of matched sub-strings is
returned, the index <code class="code">0</code> corresponding to the full match, and
other indexes to matched groups.<br>
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<pre><span id="VALcompile"><span class="keyword">val</span> compile</span> : <code class="type">CamomileLibrary.URe.regexp -> <a href="Zed_re.html#TYPEt">t</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
<code class="code">compile regexp</code> compiles the given regular expression.<br>
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<pre><span id="VALregexp_match"><span class="keyword">val</span> regexp_match</span> : <code class="type">?sem:CamomileLibrary.URe.match_semantics -><br> <a href="Zed_re.html#TYPEt">t</a> -> <a href="Zed_rope.html#TYPEt">Zed_rope.t</a> -> int -> <a href="Zed_re.html#TYPEmatch_result">match_result</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
<code class="code">regexp_match ?sem regexp rope pos</code> tries to match <code class="code">regexp</code> on
given rope, starting at <code class="code">pos</code>.<br>
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<pre><span id="VALsearch_forward"><span class="keyword">val</span> search_forward</span> : <code class="type">?sem:CamomileLibrary.URe.match_semantics -><br> <a href="Zed_re.html#TYPEt">t</a> -> <a href="Zed_rope.html#TYPEt">Zed_rope.t</a> -> int -> <a href="Zed_re.html#TYPEmatch_result">match_result</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
<code class="code">search_forward ?sem regexp rope pos</code> searches the given regular
expression in <code class="code">rope</code> starting at <code class="code">pos</code>.<br>
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<pre><span id="VALsearch_backward"><span class="keyword">val</span> search_backward</span> : <code class="type">?sem:CamomileLibrary.URe.match_semantics -><br> <a href="Zed_re.html#TYPEt">t</a> -> <a href="Zed_rope.html#TYPEt">Zed_rope.t</a> -> int -> <a href="Zed_re.html#TYPEmatch_result">match_result</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
<code class="code">search_backward ?sem regexp rope pos</code> searches the given
regular expression in <code class="code">rope</code> starting at <code class="code">pos</code>, in reverse
order.<br>
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