regex_search

Performs a regular expression search on a string. This function returns a LuaRegexMatch object, rather than strings.

Syntax

regex_search ( input, regex [, case])

Arguments

Argument Description
input (string) The string in which to search.
regex (string) The regular expression with which to search.
case (boolean) Specifies whether matching is case-sensitive (default true).

Returns

(LuaRegexMatch).