| Tests if the regular expression "regexp" accepts "string".
match(+regexp, +string)
match(+regexp, +string, -matchlist)
match/2
Tests if the regular expression "regexp" accepts "string".
match/3
Tests if the regular expression "regexp" accepts "string".
Substrings in bracketed expressions are returned in
sequence in "matchlist".
Arguments
regexp atom
string atom
matchlist list
Examples
match('(%d+)', 'one123four', L) => L = ['123']
match('(.*)a', barbara, L) => L = [barbar]
match('(.*?)a', barbara, L) => L = [b]
Standard
This predicate is not part of the ISO-Prolog Standard.
See also
regular expression,
match/2/3,
match_all/3,
substitute/4,
substitute_all/4,
split/2/3,
chop/2,
get_line/1/2,
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