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The new function returns an array of strings captured by capturing
groups in a supplied regular expression. For e.g., the following
expression: regexp_matches('qgis=>rocks','(.*)=>(.*)')
will return the following array: 'qgis', 'rocks'.
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{
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"name": "regexp_matches",
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"type": "function",
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"description": "Returns an array of all strings captured by capturing groups, in the order the groups themselves appear in the supplied regular expression against a string.",
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"arguments": [
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{"arg":"string", "description":"the string to capture groups from against the regular expression"},
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{"arg":"regex","description":"the regular expression used to capture groups"},
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{"arg":"empty_value","optional":true,"default":"''","description":"the optional string to use as replacement for empty (zero length) matches"}],
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"examples": [ { "expression":"regexp_matches('qgis=>rocks','(.*)=>(.*)')", "returns":"array: 'qgis', 'rocks'"},
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{ "expression":"regexp_matches('key=>','(.*)=>(.*)','empty value')", "returns":"array: 'key', 'empty value'"}
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]
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}
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