glib/org.gtkkn.bindings.glib/Regex/Companion

Companion

object Companion(source)

Functions

errorQuark

fun errorQuark(): <Error class: unknown class>

escapeNul

fun escapeNul(string: String, length: <Error class: unknown class>): String

Escapes the nul characters in @string to "\x00". It can be used to compile a regex with embedded nul characters.

escapeString

fun escapeString(string: String, length: <Error class: unknown class>): String

Escapes the special characters used for regular expressions in @string, for instance "a.b*c" becomes "a\.b\*c". This function is useful to dynamically generate regular expressions.

getType

fun getType(): <Error class: unknown class>

Get the GType of Regex

matchSimple

fun matchSimple(pattern: String, string: String, compileOptions: RegexCompileFlags, matchOptions: RegexMatchFlags): Boolean

Scans for a match in @string for @pattern.

splitSimple

fun splitSimple(pattern: String, string: String, compileOptions: RegexCompileFlags, matchOptions: RegexMatchFlags): List<String>

Breaks the string on the pattern, and returns an array of the tokens. If the pattern contains capturing parentheses, then the text for each of the substrings will also be returned. If the pattern does not match anywhere in the string, then the whole string is returned as the first token.