Lucee Function Reference

rematch()

Uses a regular expression (RE) to search a string for a pattern, starting from a specified position.

Example

rematch(string regex,string string,[boolean multiline]):array

Category

string,regex

Arguments

The arguments for this function are set. You can not use other arguments except the following ones.
Name Type Required Default Value Description
regex string  Yes   Regular expression for which to search. Case sensitive.  
string string  Yes   String in which to search.  
multiline boolean  No false If true indicate the regular expression should treat input as having multiple lines.
This option affects the interpretation of the ^ and $ metacharacters.
When true the ^ metacharacter matches at the beginning of every line, and the $ metacharacter matches at the end of every line.
Additionally the . metacharacter will not match newlines when true.