CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Provides the ReMatch function for MX6 and MX7. Not for use on MX8 (built in function).

Return Values:
Returns an array

Example:

ReMatch("(ABC|DEF|GHI|JKL)","ABCDEFGHIJKL")

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Provides the CF8 ReMatch functionality in MX6/MX7
 * 
 * @param RegEx      regular expression for which to search (Required)
 * @param Txt      search string (Required)
 * @return Returns an array 
 * @author John Bartlett (jbartlett@strangejourney.net) 
 * @version 0, May 9, 2009 
 */
function ReMatch(RegEx,Txt)
{
    var MatchList=ArrayNew(1);
    var tmp="";
    var Done=0;
    var StartPos=1;
    Arguments.Txt=Arguments.Txt & " ";

    while (NOT Done) {
        tmp=ReFind(Arguments.RegEx,Arguments.Txt,StartPos,"true");
        if (tmp.Pos[1] EQ "0") {
            Done=1;
        } else {
            MatchList[ArrayLen(MatchList) + 1]=Mid(Arguments.Txt,tmp.Pos[1],tmp.Len[1]);
            StartPos=tmp.Pos[1] + Tmp.Len[1];
        }
    }
    return MatchList;
}