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<p>class <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expression can be applied.
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<tr class="memitem:a8c09528fb1b417f2584d410c138daaa2"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a8c09528fb1b417f2584d410c138daaa2">~RegexMatcher</a> ()</td></tr>
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<tr class="memdesc:aabdb58b9d53092be5f5d3554c204a657"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Attempts to match the entire input region against the pattern. <a href="#aabdb58b9d53092be5f5d3554c204a657">More...</a><br /></td></tr>
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<tr class="memdesc:a4d037cc21198ce9c439671c73eb32920"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Resets the matcher, then attempts to match the input beginning at the specified startIndex, and extending to the end of the input. <a href="#a4d037cc21198ce9c439671c73eb32920">More...</a><br /></td></tr>
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<tr class="memdesc:a47dde8619d89b37be57ff447d384d129"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Attempts to match the input string, starting from the specified index, against the pattern. <a href="#a47dde8619d89b37be57ff447d384d129">More...</a><br /></td></tr>
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<tr class="memdesc:af9763738f99d3b49888b69d31281f917"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Resets this <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> and then attempts to find the next substring of the input string that matches the pattern, starting at the specified index. <a href="#af9763738f99d3b49888b69d31281f917">More...</a><br /></td></tr>
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<tr class="memitem:a9a683aa73fa277fabd1fe0e5b3baf06f"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1UnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a9a683aa73fa277fabd1fe0e5b3baf06f">group</a> (<a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#a3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status) const </td></tr>
<tr class="memdesc:a9a683aa73fa277fabd1fe0e5b3baf06f"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Returns a string containing the text matched by the previous match. <a href="#a9a683aa73fa277fabd1fe0e5b3baf06f">More...</a><br /></td></tr>
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<tr class="memdesc:af260ecb37ee49cc089e03019b1a03566"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Returns a string containing the text captured by the given group during the previous match operation. <a href="#af260ecb37ee49cc089e03019b1a03566">More...</a><br /></td></tr>
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<tr class="memitem:a1a984e4f6eba3b699a37076c8085d8f8"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual int32_t </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a1a984e4f6eba3b699a37076c8085d8f8">groupCount</a> () const </td></tr>
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<tr class="memdesc:adacee44a8f9f30aeb35871f8fe2c68de"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Returns a shallow clone of the entire live input string with the <a class="el" href="structUText.html" title="UText struct. ">UText</a> current native index set to the beginning of the requested group. <a href="#adacee44a8f9f30aeb35871f8fe2c68de">More...</a><br /></td></tr>
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<tr class="memdesc:a399f58f6f2516c3e61e72ae986cfa3db"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Returns the index in the input string of the start of the text matched by the specified capture group during the previous match operation. <a href="#a399f58f6f2516c3e61e72ae986cfa3db">More...</a><br /></td></tr>
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<tr class="memdesc:a7115dd9de27a1635d216ec3b9b04d2b5"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Returns the index in the input string of the character following the text matched by the specified capture group during the previous match operation. <a href="#a7115dd9de27a1635d216ec3b9b04d2b5">More...</a><br /></td></tr>
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<tr class="memitem:a35df71c4bbc3c0ebb2249432cbad615a"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html">RegexMatcher</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a35df71c4bbc3c0ebb2249432cbad615a">reset</a> ()</td></tr>
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<tr class="memdesc:a6da3a0ea3e445018c97a8f9519605308"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Returns the input string being matched, either by copying it into the provided <a class="el" href="structUText.html" title="UText struct. ">UText</a> parameter or by returning a shallow clone of the live input. <a href="#a6da3a0ea3e445018c97a8f9519605308">More...</a><br /></td></tr>
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<tr class="memitem:a59cc306335a91db7d01d7b5fbe2fc1ff"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="umachine_8h.html#a349ef00011f20ccd1d3b424445681aa5">UBool</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a59cc306335a91db7d01d7b5fbe2fc1ff">hasTransparentBounds</a> () const </td></tr>
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<tr class="memitem:a9855c6225fca0aed6a37242b73b558d6"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="structUText.html">UText</a> * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a9855c6225fca0aed6a37242b73b558d6">replaceAll</a> (<a class="el" href="structUText.html">UText</a> *replacement, <a class="el" href="structUText.html">UText</a> *dest, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#a3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status)</td></tr>
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<tr class="memitem:a1672f514ae14aaddcc3e9ce16924f1b3"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1UnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a1672f514ae14aaddcc3e9ce16924f1b3">replaceFirst</a> (const <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1UnicodeString.html">UnicodeString</a> &replacement, <a class="el" href="utypes_8h.html#a3343c1c8a8377277046774691c98d78c">UErrorCode</a> &status)</td></tr>
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<div class="textblock"><p>class <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expression can be applied. </p>
<p>It includes methods for testing for matches, and for find and replace operations.</p>
<p>Class <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> is not intended to be subclassed.</p>
<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004128">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.4 </dd></dl>
<p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="regex_8h_source.html#l00664">664</a> of file <a class="el" href="regex_8h_source.html">regex.h</a>.</p>
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<p>Construct a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> for a regular expression. </p>
<p>This is a convenience method that avoids the need to explicitly create a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexPattern.html" title="Class RegexPattern represents a compiled regular expression. ">RegexPattern</a> object. Note that if several RegexMatchers need to be created for the same expression, it will be more efficient to separately create and cache a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexPattern.html" title="Class RegexPattern represents a compiled regular expression. ">RegexPattern</a> object, and use its matcher() method to create the <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> objects.</p>
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<dl class="section see"><dt>See also</dt><dd><a class="el" href="uregex_8h.html#a874989dfec4cbeb6baf4d1a51cb529aea909d2ed2c61e34cb62dc13e29f6923ec" title="Enable case insensitive matching. ">UREGEX_CASE_INSENSITIVE</a> </dd></dl>
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<p>Construct a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> for a regular expression. </p>
<p>This is a convenience method that avoids the need to explicitly create a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexPattern.html" title="Class RegexPattern represents a compiled regular expression. ">RegexPattern</a> object. Note that if several RegexMatchers need to be created for the same expression, it will be more efficient to separately create and cache a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexPattern.html" title="Class RegexPattern represents a compiled regular expression. ">RegexPattern</a> object, and use its matcher() method to create the <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> objects.</p>
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<dl class="section see"><dt>See also</dt><dd><a class="el" href="uregex_8h.html#a874989dfec4cbeb6baf4d1a51cb529aea909d2ed2c61e34cb62dc13e29f6923ec" title="Enable case insensitive matching. ">UREGEX_CASE_INSENSITIVE</a> </dd></dl>
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<p>Construct a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> for a regular expression. </p>
<p>This is a convenience method that avoids the need to explicitly create a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexPattern.html" title="Class RegexPattern represents a compiled regular expression. ">RegexPattern</a> object. Note that if several RegexMatchers need to be created for the same expression, it will be more efficient to separately create and cache a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexPattern.html" title="Class RegexPattern represents a compiled regular expression. ">RegexPattern</a> object, and use its matcher() method to create the <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> objects. </p>
<p>The matcher will retain a reference to the supplied input string, and all regexp pattern matching operations happen directly on the original string. It is critical that the string not be altered or deleted before use by the regular expression operations is complete.</p>
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<tr><td class="paramname">input</td><td>The string to match. The matcher retains a reference to the caller's string; mo copy is made. </td></tr>
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<p>Construct a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> for a regular expression. </p>
<p>This is a convenience method that avoids the need to explicitly create a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexPattern.html" title="Class RegexPattern represents a compiled regular expression. ">RegexPattern</a> object. Note that if several RegexMatchers need to be created for the same expression, it will be more efficient to separately create and cache a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexPattern.html" title="Class RegexPattern represents a compiled regular expression. ">RegexPattern</a> object, and use its matcher() method to create the <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> objects. </p>
<p>The matcher will make a shallow clone of the supplied input text, and all regexp pattern matching operations happen on this clone. While read-only operations on the supplied text are permitted, it is critical that the underlying string not be altered or deleted before use by the regular expression operations is complete.</p>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004158">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.6 </dd></dl>
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<p>Destructor. </p>
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<p>Implements a replace operation intended to be used as part of an incremental find-and-replace. </p>
<p>The input string, starting from the end of the previous replacement and ending at the start of the current match, is appended to the destination string. Then the replacement string is appended to the output string, including handling any substitutions of captured text.</p>
<p>For simple, prepackaged, non-incremental find-and-replace operations, see <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a1672f514ae14aaddcc3e9ce16924f1b3" title="Replaces the first substring of the input that matches the pattern with the replacement string...">replaceFirst()</a> or <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a2e0194d10c2f28d8372f284dd4a5af19" title="Replaces every substring of the input that matches the pattern with the given replacement string...">replaceAll()</a>.</p>
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<tr><td class="paramname">status</td><td>A reference to a UErrorCode to receive any errors. Possible errors are U_REGEX_INVALID_STATE if no match has been attempted or the last match failed, and U_INDEX_OUTOFBOUNDS_ERROR if the replacement text specifies a capture group that does not exist in the pattern.</td></tr>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004205">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.4</dd></dl>
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<p>Implements a replace operation intended to be used as part of an incremental find-and-replace. </p>
<p>The input string, starting from the end of the previous replacement and ending at the start of the current match, is appended to the destination string. Then the replacement string is appended to the output string, including handling any substitutions of captured text.</p>
<p>For simple, prepackaged, non-incremental find-and-replace operations, see <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a1672f514ae14aaddcc3e9ce16924f1b3" title="Replaces the first substring of the input that matches the pattern with the replacement string...">replaceFirst()</a> or <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a2e0194d10c2f28d8372f284dd4a5af19" title="Replaces every substring of the input that matches the pattern with the given replacement string...">replaceAll()</a>.</p>
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<p>As the final step in a find-and-replace operation, append the remainder of the input string, starting at the position following the last <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#aabebe4aff799cf5b07d23968634112f0" title="Implements a replace operation intended to be used as part of an incremental find-and-replace. ">appendReplacement()</a>, to the destination string. </p>
<p><code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a851501b95f740f97740b5ad7f0118fd6" title="As the final step in a find-and-replace operation, append the remainder of the input string...">appendTail()</a></code> is intended to be invoked after one or more invocations of the <code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#aabebe4aff799cf5b07d23968634112f0" title="Implements a replace operation intended to be used as part of an incremental find-and-replace. ">RegexMatcher::appendReplacement()</a></code>.</p>
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<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>the destination string. </dd></dl>
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<p>As the final step in a find-and-replace operation, append the remainder of the input string, starting at the position following the last <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#aabebe4aff799cf5b07d23968634112f0" title="Implements a replace operation intended to be used as part of an incremental find-and-replace. ">appendReplacement()</a>, to the destination string. </p>
<p><code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a851501b95f740f97740b5ad7f0118fd6" title="As the final step in a find-and-replace operation, append the remainder of the input string...">appendTail()</a></code> is intended to be invoked after one or more invocations of the <code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#aabebe4aff799cf5b07d23968634112f0" title="Implements a replace operation intended to be used as part of an incremental find-and-replace. ">RegexMatcher::appendReplacement()</a></code>.</p>
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<p>Returns the index in the input string of the first character following the text matched during the previous match operation. </p>
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<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>the index of the last character matched, plus one. The index value returned is a native index, corresponding to code units for the underlying encoding type, for example, a byte index for UTF-8. </dd></dl>
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<p>Returns the index in the input string of the character following the text matched by the specified capture group during the previous match operation. </p>
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<p>Find the next pattern match in the input string. </p>
<p>The find begins searching the input at the location following the end of the previous match, or at the start of the string if there is no previous match. If a match is found, <code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a676c682e93f15232778d86927fbcae0d" title="Returns the index in the input string of the start of the text matched during the previous match oper...">start()</a>, <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a9ef03ce42683dc1fc7d6533d36a1d32a" title="Returns the index in the input string of the first character following the text matched during the pr...">end()</a></code> and <code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a9a683aa73fa277fabd1fe0e5b3baf06f" title="Returns a string containing the text matched by the previous match. ">group()</a></code> will provide more information regarding the match. </p>
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<p>Find the next pattern match in the input string. </p>
<p>The find begins searching the input at the location following the end of the previous match, or at the start of the string if there is no previous match. If a match is found, <code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a676c682e93f15232778d86927fbcae0d" title="Returns the index in the input string of the start of the text matched during the previous match oper...">start()</a>, <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a9ef03ce42683dc1fc7d6533d36a1d32a" title="Returns the index in the input string of the first character following the text matched during the pr...">end()</a></code> and <code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a9a683aa73fa277fabd1fe0e5b3baf06f" title="Returns a string containing the text matched by the previous match. ">group()</a></code> will provide more information regarding the match. </p>
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<p>Resets this <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> and then attempts to find the next substring of the input string that matches the pattern, starting at the specified index. </p>
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<p>ICU "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for the actual class. </p>
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<p>Get the find progress callback function for this URegularExpression. </p>
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<p>Returns the input string being matched, either by copying it into the provided <a class="el" href="structUText.html" title="UText struct. ">UText</a> parameter or by returning a shallow clone of the live input. </p>
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<p>Get the callback function for this URegularExpression. </p>
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<p>Get the size of the heap storage available for use by the back tracking stack. </p>
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<p>ICU "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for this class. </p>
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<p>Get the time limit, if any, for match operations made with this Matcher. </p>
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<p>Returns a string containing the text matched by the previous match. </p>
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<p>Returns a string containing the text captured by the given group during the previous match operation. </p>
<p>Group(0) is the entire match.</p>
<p>A zero length string is returned both for capture groups that did not participate in the match and for actual zero length matches. To distinguish between these two cases use the function <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a676c682e93f15232778d86927fbcae0d" title="Returns the index in the input string of the start of the text matched during the previous match oper...">start()</a>, which returns -1 for non-participating groups.</p>
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<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>the captured text </dd></dl>
<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004168">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.4 </dd></dl>
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<p>Returns a shallow clone of the entire live input string with the <a class="el" href="structUText.html" title="UText struct. ">UText</a> current native index set to the beginning of the requested group. </p>
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<p>Returns a shallow clone of the entire live input string with the <a class="el" href="structUText.html" title="UText struct. ">UText</a> current native index set to the beginning of the requested group. </p>
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<p>Returns the number of capturing groups in this matcher's pattern. </p>
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<p>Return true if this matcher is using anchoring bounds. </p>
<p>By default, matchers use anchoring region bounds.</p>
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<p>Queries the transparency of region bounds for this matcher. </p>
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<p>Return TRUE if the most recent matching operation attempted to access additional input beyond the available input text. </p>
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<p>Returns the input string being matched. </p>
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<p>Returns the input string being matched. </p>
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<p>Attempts to match the input string, starting from the beginning of the region, against the pattern. </p>
<p>Like the <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#aabdb58b9d53092be5f5d3554c204a657" title="Attempts to match the entire input region against the pattern. ">matches()</a> method, this function always starts at the beginning of the input region; unlike that function, it does not require that the entire region be matched.</p>
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<p>Attempts to match the input string, starting from the specified index, against the pattern. </p>
<p>The match may be of any length, and is not required to extend to the end of the input string. Contrast with match().</p>
<p>If the match succeeds then more information can be obtained via the <code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a676c682e93f15232778d86927fbcae0d" title="Returns the index in the input string of the start of the text matched during the previous match oper...">start()</a></code>, <code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a9ef03ce42683dc1fc7d6533d36a1d32a" title="Returns the index in the input string of the first character following the text matched during the pr...">end()</a></code>, and <code><a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a9a683aa73fa277fabd1fe0e5b3baf06f" title="Returns a string containing the text matched by the previous match. ">group()</a></code> functions.</p>
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<p>Attempts to match the entire input region against the pattern. </p>
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<p>Resets the matcher, then attempts to match the input beginning at the specified startIndex, and extending to the end of the input. </p>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004161">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.8 </dd></dl>
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<p>Returns the pattern that is interpreted by this matcher. </p>
<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>the <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexPattern.html" title="Class RegexPattern represents a compiled regular expression. ">RegexPattern</a> for this <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> </dd></dl>
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<p>Set the subject text string upon which the regular expression is looking for matches without changing any other aspect of the matching state. </p>
<p>The new and previous text strings must have the same content.</p>
<p>This function is intended for use in environments where ICU is operating on strings that may move around in memory. It provides a mechanism for notifying ICU that the string has been relocated, and providing a new <a class="el" href="structUText.html" title="UText struct. ">UText</a> to access the string in its new position.</p>
<p>Note that the regular expression implementation never copies the underlying text of a string being matched, but always operates directly on the original text provided by the user. Refreshing simply drops the references to the old text and replaces them with references to the new.</p>
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<p>Sets the limits of this matcher's region. </p>
<p>The region is the part of the input string that will be searched to find a match. Invoking this method resets the matcher, and then sets the region to start at the index specified by the start parameter and end at the index specified by the end parameter.</p>
<p>Depending on the transparency and anchoring being used (see useTransparentBounds and useAnchoringBounds), certain constructs such as anchors may behave differently at or around the boundaries of the region</p>
<p>The function will fail if start is greater than limit, or if either index is less than zero or greater than the length of the string being matched.</p>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004188">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.0 </dd></dl>
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<p>Identical to region(start, limit, status) but also allows a start position without resetting the region state. </p>
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<p>Reports the end (limit) index (exclusive) of this matcher's region. </p>
<p>The searches this matcher conducts are limited to finding matches within regionStart (inclusive) and regionEnd (exclusive).</p>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004192">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.0 </dd></dl>
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<p>Reports the end (limit) index (exclusive) of this matcher's region. </p>
<p>The searches this matcher conducts are limited to finding matches within regionStart (inclusive) and regionEnd (exclusive).</p>
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<p>Reports the start index of this matcher's region. </p>
<p>The searches this matcher conducts are limited to finding matches within regionStart (inclusive) and regionEnd (exclusive).</p>
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<p>Reports the start index of this matcher's region. </p>
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<p>Replaces every substring of the input that matches the pattern with the given replacement string. </p>
<p>This is a convenience function that provides a complete find-and-replace-all operation.</p>
<p>This method first resets this matcher. It then scans the input string looking for matches of the pattern. Input that is not part of any match is left unchanged; each match is replaced in the result by the replacement string. The replacement string may contain references to capture groups.</p>
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<p>Replaces every substring of the input that matches the pattern with the given replacement string. </p>
<p>This is a convenience function that provides a complete find-and-replace-all operation.</p>
<p>This method first resets this matcher. It then scans the input string looking for matches of the pattern. Input that is not part of any match is left unchanged; each match is replaced in the result by the replacement string. The replacement string may contain references to capture groups.</p>
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<p>Replaces the first substring of the input that matches the pattern with the replacement string. </p>
<p>This is a convenience function that provides a complete find-and-replace operation.</p>
<p>This function first resets this <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a>. It then scans the input string looking for a match of the pattern. Input that is not part of the match is appended directly to the result string; the match is replaced in the result by the replacement string. The replacement string may contain references to captured groups.</p>
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<p>Replaces the first substring of the input that matches the pattern with the replacement string. </p>
<p>This is a convenience function that provides a complete find-and-replace operation.</p>
<p>This function first resets this <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a>. It then scans the input string looking for a match of the pattern. Input that is not part of the match is appended directly to the result string; the match is replaced in the result by the replacement string. The replacement string may contain references to captured groups.</p>
<p>The state of the matcher (the position at which a subsequent <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a50cce379741d692b8a4edc95e3145305" title="Find the next pattern match in the input string. ">find()</a> would begin) after completing a <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a1672f514ae14aaddcc3e9ce16924f1b3" title="Replaces the first substring of the input that matches the pattern with the replacement string...">replaceFirst()</a> is not specified. The <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> should be reset before doing additional <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a50cce379741d692b8a4edc95e3145305" title="Find the next pattern match in the input string. ">find()</a> operations.</p>
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<p>Return TRUE the most recent match succeeded and additional input could cause it to fail. </p>
<p>If this method returns false and a match was found, then more input might change the match but the match won't be lost. If a match was not found, then requireEnd has no meaning.</p>
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<p>Resets this matcher. </p>
<p>The effect is to remove any memory of previous matches, and to cause subsequent <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a50cce379741d692b8a4edc95e3145305" title="Find the next pattern match in the input string. ">find()</a> operations to begin at the beginning of the input string.</p>
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<p>Resets this matcher, and set the current input position. </p>
<p>The effect is to remove any memory of previous matches, and to cause subsequent <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a50cce379741d692b8a4edc95e3145305" title="Find the next pattern match in the input string. ">find()</a> operations to begin at the specified (native) position in the input string. </p>
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<p>An alternative to this function is to set a match region beginning at the desired index.</p>
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<p>Resets this matcher with a new input string. </p>
<p>This allows instances of <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> to be reused, which is more efficient than creating a new <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> for each input string to be processed. </p><dl class="params"><dt>Parameters</dt><dd>
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<p>Resets this matcher with a new input string. </p>
<p>This allows instances of <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> to be reused, which is more efficient than creating a new <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html" title="class RegexMatcher bundles together a regular expression pattern and input text to which the expressi...">RegexMatcher</a> for each input string to be processed. </p><dl class="params"><dt>Parameters</dt><dd>
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<p>Set a progress callback function for use with find operations on this Matcher. </p>
<p>During find operations, the callback will be invoked after each return from a match attempt, giving the application the opportunity to terminate a long-running find operation.</p>
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<p>Set a callback function for use with this Matcher. </p>
<p>During matching operations the function will be called periodically, giving the application the opportunity to terminate a long-running match.</p>
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<p>Set the amount of heap storage available for use by the match backtracking stack. </p>
<p>The matcher is also reset, discarding any results from previous matches. </p>
<p>ICU uses a backtracking regular expression engine, with the backtrack stack maintained on the heap. This function sets the limit to the amount of memory that can be used for this purpose. A backtracking stack overflow will result in an error from the match operation that caused it. </p>
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<p>Set a processing time limit for match operations with this Matcher. </p>
<p>Some patterns, when matching certain strings, can run in exponential time. For practical purposes, the match operation may appear to be in an infinite loop. When a limit is set a match operation will fail with an error if the limit is exceeded. </p>
<p>The units of the limit are steps of the match engine. Correspondence with actual processor time will depend on the speed of the processor and the details of the specific pattern, but will typically be on the order of milliseconds. </p>
<p>By default, the matching time is not limited. </p>
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<p>setTrace Debug function, enable/disable tracing of the matching engine. </p>
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<p>Split a string into fields. </p>
<p>Somewhat like <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a42f6bff3830b5db5fb08a7ee6437580e" title="Split a string into fields. ">split()</a> from Perl. The pattern matches identify delimiters that separate the input into fields. The input data between the matches becomes the fields themselves.</p>
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<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>The number of fields into which the input string was split. </dd></dl>
<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004209">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.6 </dd></dl>
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<p>Split a string into fields. </p>
<p>Somewhat like <a class="el" href="classicu_1_1RegexMatcher.html#a42f6bff3830b5db5fb08a7ee6437580e" title="Split a string into fields. ">split()</a> from Perl. The pattern matches identify delimiters that separate the input into fields. The input data between the matches becomes the fields themselves.</p>
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<tr><td class="paramname">dest</td><td>An array of mutable <a class="el" href="structUText.html" title="UText struct. ">UText</a> structs to receive the results of the split. If a field is NULL, a new <a class="el" href="structUText.html" title="UText struct. ">UText</a> is allocated to contain the results for that field. This new <a class="el" href="structUText.html" title="UText struct. ">UText</a> is not guaranteed to be mutable. </td></tr>
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<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>The number of fields into which the input string was split.</dd></dl>
<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004210">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.6 </dd></dl>
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<p>Returns the index in the input string of the start of the text matched during the previous match operation. </p>
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<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>The (native) position in the input string of the start of the last match. </dd></dl>
<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004172">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 2.4 </dd></dl>
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<p>Returns the index in the input string of the start of the text matched by the specified capture group during the previous match operation. </p>
<p>Return -1 if the capture group exists in the pattern, but was not part of the last match.</p>
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<tr><td class="paramname">status</td><td>A reference to a UErrorCode to receive any errors. Possible errors are U_REGEX_INVALID_STATE if no match has been attempted or the last match failed, and U_INDEX_OUTOFBOUNDS_ERROR for a bad capture group number </td></tr>
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<p>Returns the index in the input string of the start of the text matched during the previous match operation. </p>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004173">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.6 </dd></dl>
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<p>Returns the index in the input string of the start of the text matched by the specified capture group during the previous match operation. </p>
<p>Return -1 if the capture group exists in the pattern, but was not part of the last match.</p>
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<p>Set whether this matcher is using Anchoring Bounds for its region. </p>
<p>With anchoring bounds, pattern anchors such as ^ and $ will match at the start and end of the region. Without Anchoring Bounds, anchors will only match at the positions they would in the complete text.</p>
<p>Anchoring Bounds are the default for regions.</p>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004197">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.0 </dd></dl>
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<p>Sets the transparency of region bounds for this matcher. </p>
<p>Invoking this function with an argument of true will set this matcher to use transparent bounds. If the boolean argument is false, then opaque bounds will be used.</p>
<p>Using transparent bounds, the boundaries of this matcher's region are transparent to lookahead, lookbehind, and boundary matching constructs. Those constructs can see text beyond the boundaries of the region while checking for a match.</p>
<p>With opaque bounds, no text outside of the matcher's region is visible to lookahead, lookbehind, and boundary matching constructs.</p>
<p>By default, a matcher uses opaque bounds.</p>
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<dl class="stable"><dt><b><a class="el" href="stable.html#_stable004195">Stable:</a></b></dt><dd>ICU 4.0 </dd></dl>
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