<regex> Internal Library

Baseline regular-expression scaffold.

Import

import rx "<regex>"

API

• match(pattern, text) -> bool
• captures(pattern, text) -> array
• captures_full(pattern, text) -> dict

Regex APIs use the C regex engine (regcomp/regexec) and return actual regex results.

captures returns group 0..N entries for the first match.

captures_full returns:

• matched: bool
• full: full match string (group 0) or none
• groups: array of group 0..N
• named: dictionary of named captures

Named capture syntax supported:

• (?<name>...)
• (?P<name>...)