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href="#details">More...</a></p> <!-- @@@QRegularExpressionMatchIterator --> <div class="table"><table class="alignedsummary"> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> Header:</td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"> <span class="preprocessor">#include <QRegularExpressionMatchIterator></span> </td></tr><tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> qmake:</td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"> QT += core</td></tr><tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> Since:</td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"> Qt 5.0</td></tr></table></div><ul> <li><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator-members.html">List of all members, including inherited members</a></li> </ul> <p><b>Note:</b> All functions in this class are reentrant.</p> <a name="public-functions"></a> <h2 id="public-functions">Public Functions</h2> <div class="table"><table class="alignedsummary"> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#QRegularExpressionMatchIterator">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a></b>()</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#QRegularExpressionMatchIterator-1">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a></b>(const QRegularExpressionMatchIterator &<i>iterator</i>)</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#dtor.QRegularExpressionMatchIterator">~QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a></b>()</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> bool </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#hasNext">hasNext</a></b>() const</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> bool </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#isValid">isValid</a></b>() const</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> QRegularExpression::MatchOptions </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#matchOptions">matchOptions</a></b>() const</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> QRegularExpression::MatchType </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#matchType">matchType</a></b>() const</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> QRegularExpressionMatch </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#next">next</a></b>()</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> QRegularExpressionMatch </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#peekNext">peekNext</a></b>() const</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> QRegularExpression </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#regularExpression">regularExpression</a></b>() const</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> void </td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#swap">swap</a></b>(QRegularExpressionMatchIterator &<i>other</i>)</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> QRegularExpressionMatchIterator &</td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#operator-eq">operator=</a></b>(const QRegularExpressionMatchIterator &<i>iterator</i>)</td></tr> <tr><td class="memItemLeft rightAlign topAlign"> QRegularExpressionMatchIterator &</td><td class="memItemRight bottomAlign"><b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#operator-eq-1">operator=</a></b>(QRegularExpressionMatchIterator &&<i>iterator</i>)</td></tr> </table></div> <a name="details"></a> <!-- $$$QRegularExpressionMatchIterator-description --> <div class="descr"> <h2 id="details">Detailed Description</h2> <p>The <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a> class provides an iterator on the results of a global match of a <a href="qregularexpression.html">QRegularExpression</a> object against a string.</p> <p>A <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a> object is a forward only Java-like iterator; it can be obtained by calling the <a href="qregularexpression.html#globalMatch">QRegularExpression::globalMatch</a>() function. A new <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a> will be positioned before the first result. You can then call the <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#hasNext">hasNext</a>() function to check if there are more results available; if so, the <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#next">next</a>() function will return the next result and advance the iterator.</p> <p>Each result is a <a href="qregularexpressionmatch.html">QRegularExpressionMatch</a> object holding all the information for that result (including captured substrings).</p> <p>For instance:</p> <pre class="cpp"> <span class="comment">// extracts the words</span> <span class="type"><a href="qregularexpression.html">QRegularExpression</a></span> re(<span class="string">"(\\w+)"</span>); <span class="type"><a href="qstring.html">QString</a></span> subject(<span class="string">"the quick fox"</span>); <span class="type"><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#QRegularExpressionMatchIterator">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a></span> i <span class="operator">=</span> re<span class="operator">.</span>globalMatch(subject); <span class="keyword">while</span> (i<span class="operator">.</span>hasNext()) { <span class="type"><a href="qregularexpressionmatch.html">QRegularExpressionMatch</a></span> match <span class="operator">=</span> i<span class="operator">.</span>next(); <span class="comment">// ...</span> } </pre> <p>Moreover, <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a> offers a <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#peekNext">peekNext</a>() function to get the next result <i>without</i> advancing the iterator.</p> <p>You can retrieve the <a href="qregularexpression.html">QRegularExpression</a> object the subject string was matched against by calling the <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#regularExpression">regularExpression</a>() function; the match type and the match options are available as well by calling the <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#matchType">matchType</a>() and the <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#matchOptions">matchOptions</a>() respectively.</p> <p>Please refer to the <a href="qregularexpression.html">QRegularExpression</a> documentation for more information about the Qt regular expression classes.</p> </div> <p><b>See also </b><a href="qregularexpression.html">QRegularExpression</a> and <a href="qregularexpressionmatch.html">QRegularExpressionMatch</a>.</p> <!-- @@@QRegularExpressionMatchIterator --> <div class="func"> <h2>Member Function Documentation</h2> <!-- $$$QRegularExpressionMatchIterator[overload1]$$$QRegularExpressionMatchIterator --> <h3 class="fn" id="QRegularExpressionMatchIterator"><a name="QRegularExpressionMatchIterator"></a>QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</span>()</h3> <p>Constructs an empty, valid <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a> object. The regular expression is set to a default-constructed one; the match type to <a href="qregularexpression.html#MatchType-enum">QRegularExpression::NoMatch</a> and the match options to <a href="qregularexpression.html#MatchOption-enum">QRegularExpression::NoMatchOption</a>.</p> <p>Invoking the <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#hasNext">hasNext</a>() member function on the constructed object will return false, as the iterator is not iterating on a valid sequence of matches.</p> <p>This function was introduced in Qt 5.1.</p> <!-- @@@QRegularExpressionMatchIterator --> <!-- $$$QRegularExpressionMatchIterator$$$QRegularExpressionMatchIteratorconstQRegularExpressionMatchIterator& --> <h3 class="fn" id="QRegularExpressionMatchIterator-1"><a name="QRegularExpressionMatchIterator-1"></a>QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</span>(const <span class="type"><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#QRegularExpressionMatchIterator">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a></span> &<i>iterator</i>)</h3> <p>Constructs a <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a> object as a copy of <i>iterator</i>.</p> <p><b>See also </b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#operator-eq">operator=</a>().</p> <!-- @@@QRegularExpressionMatchIterator --> <!-- $$$~QRegularExpressionMatchIterator[overload1]$$$~QRegularExpressionMatchIterator --> <h3 class="fn" id="dtor.QRegularExpressionMatchIterator"><a name="dtor.QRegularExpressionMatchIterator"></a>QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">~QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</span>()</h3> <p>Destroys the <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a> object.</p> <!-- @@@~QRegularExpressionMatchIterator --> <!-- $$$hasNext[overload1]$$$hasNext --> <h3 class="fn" id="hasNext"><a name="hasNext"></a><span class="type">bool</span> QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">hasNext</span>() const</h3> <p>Returns <code>true</code> if there is at least one match result ahead of the iterator; otherwise it returns <code>false</code>.</p> <p><b>See also </b><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#next">next</a>().</p> <!-- @@@hasNext --> <!-- $$$isValid[overload1]$$$isValid --> <h3 class="fn" id="isValid"><a name="isValid"></a><span class="type">bool</span> QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">isValid</span>() const</h3> <p>Returns <code>true</code> if the iterator object was obtained as a result from the <a href="qregularexpression.html#globalMatch">QRegularExpression::globalMatch</a>() function invoked on a valid <a href="qregularexpression.html">QRegularExpression</a> object; returns <code>false</code> if the <a href="qregularexpression.html">QRegularExpression</a> was invalid.</p> <p><b>See also </b><a href="qregularexpression.html#globalMatch">QRegularExpression::globalMatch</a>() and <a href="qregularexpression.html#isValid">QRegularExpression::isValid</a>().</p> <!-- @@@isValid --> <!-- $$$matchOptions[overload1]$$$matchOptions --> <h3 class="fn" id="matchOptions"><a name="matchOptions"></a><span class="type"><a href="qregularexpression.html#MatchOption-enum">QRegularExpression::MatchOptions</a></span> QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">matchOptions</span>() const</h3> <p>Returns the match options that were used to get this <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a> object, that is, the match options that were passed to <a href="qregularexpression.html#globalMatch">QRegularExpression::globalMatch</a>().</p> <p><b>See also </b><a href="qregularexpression.html#globalMatch">QRegularExpression::globalMatch</a>(), <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#regularExpression">regularExpression</a>(), and <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#matchType">matchType</a>().</p> <!-- @@@matchOptions --> <!-- $$$matchType[overload1]$$$matchType --> <h3 class="fn" id="matchType"><a name="matchType"></a><span class="type"><a href="qregularexpression.html#MatchType-enum">QRegularExpression::MatchType</a></span> QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">matchType</span>() const</h3> <p>Returns the match type that was used to get this <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a> object, that is, the match type that was passed to <a href="qregularexpression.html#globalMatch">QRegularExpression::globalMatch</a>().</p> <p><b>See also </b><a href="qregularexpression.html#globalMatch">QRegularExpression::globalMatch</a>(), <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#regularExpression">regularExpression</a>(), and <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#matchOptions">matchOptions</a>().</p> <!-- @@@matchType --> <!-- $$$next[overload1]$$$next --> <h3 class="fn" id="next"><a name="next"></a><span class="type"><a href="qregularexpressionmatch.html">QRegularExpressionMatch</a></span> QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">next</span>()</h3> <p>Returns the next match result and advances the iterator by one position.</p> <p><b>Note: </b>Calling this function when the iterator is at the end of the result set leads to undefined results.</p><!-- @@@next --> <!-- $$$peekNext[overload1]$$$peekNext --> <h3 class="fn" id="peekNext"><a name="peekNext"></a><span class="type"><a href="qregularexpressionmatch.html">QRegularExpressionMatch</a></span> QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">peekNext</span>() const</h3> <p>Returns the next match result without moving the iterator.</p> <p><b>Note: </b>Calling this function when the iterator is at the end of the result set leads to undefined results.</p><!-- @@@peekNext --> <!-- $$$regularExpression[overload1]$$$regularExpression --> <h3 class="fn" id="regularExpression"><a name="regularExpression"></a><span class="type"><a href="qregularexpression.html">QRegularExpression</a></span> QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">regularExpression</span>() const</h3> <p>Returns the <a href="qregularexpression.html">QRegularExpression</a> object whose globalMatch() function returned this object.</p> <p><b>See also </b><a href="qregularexpression.html#globalMatch">QRegularExpression::globalMatch</a>(), <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#matchType">matchType</a>(), and <a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#matchOptions">matchOptions</a>().</p> <!-- @@@regularExpression --> <!-- $$$swap[overload1]$$$swapQRegularExpressionMatchIterator& --> <h3 class="fn" id="swap"><a name="swap"></a><span class="type">void</span> QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">swap</span>(<span class="type"><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#QRegularExpressionMatchIterator">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a></span> &<i>other</i>)</h3> <p>Swaps the iterator <i>other</i> with this iterator object. This operation is very fast and never fails.</p> <!-- @@@swap --> <!-- $$$operator=[overload1]$$$operator=constQRegularExpressionMatchIterator& --> <h3 class="fn" id="operator-eq"><a name="operator-eq"></a><span class="type"><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#QRegularExpressionMatchIterator">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a></span> &QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">operator=</span>(const <span class="type"><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#QRegularExpressionMatchIterator">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a></span> &<i>iterator</i>)</h3> <p>Assigns the iterator <i>iterator</i> to this object, and returns a reference to the copy.</p> <!-- @@@operator= --> <!-- $$$operator=$$$operator=QRegularExpressionMatchIterator&& --> <h3 class="fn" id="operator-eq-1"><a name="operator-eq-1"></a><span class="type"><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#QRegularExpressionMatchIterator">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a></span> &QRegularExpressionMatchIterator::<span class="name">operator=</span>(<span class="type"><a href="qregularexpressionmatchiterator.html#QRegularExpressionMatchIterator">QRegularExpressionMatchIterator</a></span> &&<i>iterator</i>)</h3> <p>Move-assigns the <i>iterator</i> to this object.</p> <!-- @@@operator= --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <p> <acronym title="Copyright">©</acronym> 2019 The Qt Company Ltd. 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