wildcards: Wildcards

In rex: Friendly Regular Expressions

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 greedy: match the longest string. This is the default matching type. lazy: match the shortest string. This matches the shortest string from the same anchor point, not necessarily the shortest global string. possessive: match and don't allow backtracking

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: %or%(), capture(), character_class(), counts, group(), lookarounds, not(), rex(), shortcuts

rex documentation built on Nov. 26, 2021, 5:21 p.m.