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rex (version 0.1.0)

wildcards: Wildcards

Description

Wildcards

Usage

zero_or_more(..., type = c("greedy", "lazy", "possessive"))

one_or_more(..., type = c("greedy", "lazy", "possessive"))

maybe(..., type = c("greedy", "lazy", "possessive"))

Arguments

...
shortcuts, R variables, text, or other rex functions.
type
the type of match to perform.

There are three match types

  1. greedy: match the longest string. This is the default matching type.
  2. lazy: match the shortest string. This matches the shortest string from the same anc

Functions

  • zero_or_more: match...zero or more times.
  • one_or_more: match...one or more times.
  • maybe: match...zero or one times.

See Also

Other rex: ., capture, capture_group; %if_next_is%, %if_next_isnt%, %if_prev_is%, %if_prev_isnt%, lookarounds; %or%, or; any_of, character_class, except, except_any_of, except_some_of, exclude_range, none_of, one_of, range, some_of; at_least, at_most, between, counts, n, n_times; group; not; rex, rex_; shortcuts