RegexPattern.Compile Method

Explanation Compile the regular expression to create a RegexPattern object.This method is a static method. You can call it without creating an object.

Call format var rp = RegexPattern.Compile( regex [, flags [, mode ]] )

Return value RegexPattern object

Arguments String regex Regular expressions
Since Ver.5.0.1, it is treated as UString type in Unicode mode

integer flags

Match flag
Specify a combination of the following values.

Constant	Value	Description
RegexPattern.CASELESS RegexPattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE	1	Performs case-insensitive matching
RegexPattern.MULTILINE	2	The metacharacters "^" and "$" will now match relative to the newline code ( "\n" ).
RegexPattern.DOTALL	Four	The metacharacter "." Will now match all characters, including newlines
RegexPattern.EXTENDED RegexPattern.COMMENTS	8	Whitespace is ignored and lines starting with # are ignored as comments until the end of the line
RegexPattern.ANCHORED	16 16	Limited to match only from the beginning
RegexPattern.DOLLAR_ENDONLY	32	The metacharacter "$" will now match only at the end of the searched string
RegexPattern.UNGREEDY	512	Make repeat specifiers ungreedy by default

If omitted, it is 0 (not specified).

integer mode If you want to generate the regular expression engine in Unicode mode , specify RegexPattern.Unicode.
If omitted, it is 0 (normal mode).
Added since Ver.5.0.1

Exception Func 4 The argument value is invalid

Example of use

var p = RegexPattern.Compile("Biz/([a-zA-Z]+)", RegexPattern.CASELESS, RegexPattern.Unicode);
var m = p.Matcher("Biz/Browser");
if (m.Matches()) {
    print(m.Group(1), "\n");
}