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change String.matches()
author Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
date Mon, 18 Jan 2016 23:07:52 -0700
parents 53a50c70c5e2
children c4216a583de4
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2548 its default value is&nbsp;1 and can be negative. 2548 its default value is&nbsp;1 and can be negative.
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2550 2550
2551 <h4 heading><a name="String.matches"><code>String.matches (s, pattern)</code></a></h4> 2551 <h4 heading><a name="String.matches"><code>String.matches (s, pattern)</code></a></h4>
2552 <p> 2552 <p>
2553 Returns a boolean indicating whether the entire string <code>s</code> matches <code>pattern</code>. 2553 Returns a boolean indicating whether the <code>pattern</code> can be found in string <code>s</code>.
2554 2554 This function is equivalent to
2555
2556 <pre>
2557 return String.match(s,pattern) ~= nil
2558 </pre>
2555 2559
2556 2560
2557 <h4 heading><a name="String.rep"><code>String.rep (s, n [, sep])</code></a></h4> 2561 <h4 heading><a name="String.rep"><code>String.rep (s, n [, sep])</code></a></h4>
2558 <p> 2562 <p>
2559 Returns a string that is the concatenation of <code>n</code> copies of 2563 Returns a string that is the concatenation of <code>n</code> copies of