rex.new
Lua function rex.new Summary Compiles a regular expression Prototype `re = rex.new (pattern, flags)` Description `This compiles a pattern, returning a regular expression object that can be used to test regular expressions. For example:
    re = rex.new ("(.+) goes (.+)")
Flags are optional. If you want to use them you can use the rex.flags () function to convert various flags into numbers.` See Also ... Topics Lua base functions Lua bc (big number) functions Lua bit manipulation functions Lua coroutine functions Lua debug functions Lua io functions Lua math functions Lua os functions Lua package functions Lua PCRE regular expression functions Lua script extensions Lua string functions Lua table functions Lua utilities Scripting Lua functions re:exec (Matches a regexp to a string, returning offsets) re:gmatch (Matches a regexp to a string, applying a function) re:match (Matches a regexp to a string) rex.flags (Returns a table of PCRE flags) (Help topic: lua=rex.new) Documentation contents page