Regular expressions: Difference between revisions

=={{header|MAXScript}}==

<lang MAXScript>

samples = #("Some string 123","Example text 123","string",\

"ThisString Will Not Match","A123,333,string","123451")

samples2 = #("I am a string","Me too.")

regex = dotnetobject "System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex" ".*\bstring*"

regex2 = dotnetobject "System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex" "\ba\b"

clearlistener()

format "Pattern is : %\n" (regex.toString())

for i in samples do

(

if regex.ismatch(i) then

(

format "The string \"%\" matches the pattern\n" i

)

else

(

format "The string \"%\" doesn't match the pattern\n" i

)

)

-- replacement

format "Pattern is : %\n" (regex2.toString())

for i in samples2 do

(

if regex2.ismatch(i) then

(

local replaced = regex2.replace i "another"

format "The string \"%\" matched the pattern, so it was replaced: \"%\"\n" i replaced

)

else

(

format "The string \"%\" does not match the pattern\n" i

)

)

</lang>

Output:

<lang MAXScript>

OK

Pattern is : .*\bstring*

OK

The string "Some string 123" matches the pattern

The string "Example text 123" doesn't match the pattern

The string "string" matches the pattern

The string "ThisString Will Not Match" doesn't match the pattern

The string "A123,333,string" matches the pattern

The string "123451" doesn't match the pattern

OK

Pattern is : \ba\b

OK

The string "I am a string" matched the pattern, so it was replaced: "I am another string"

The string "And me too." does not match the pattern

OK

OK

</lang>