class stringMatch

Describes the result of string matching operation as returned by the string::matchString() and string::matchArray() methods.

Properties

int arrayIndex ()Returns the array index of the matching element.
int matchLength ()Returns the length of the match in characters.
int matchStart ()Returns the character position where this match starts.

Reference

accessor int arrayIndex ()

Returns the array index of the matching element.

For matchString() it specifies the array element that was found in 'this' string as a substring. For matchArray() it specifies the array element that contains 'this' string as a substring.


accessor int matchLength ()

Returns the length of the match in characters.


accessor int matchStart ()

Returns the character position where this match starts.

For matchString() the position refers to 'this' string. For matchArray() the position refers to the element specified by 'arrayIndex'.