Es regex match

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Overview

Syntax: es_regex match <variable> <expression> <string>

Note: Command parameters are described inside the < and > characters. Optional parameters are contained within [ and ] characters.

Variation of this command that doesn't expand variables: es_xregex match

Returns the number of characters that matched the regular expression within the string.

variable - the name of the variable to store the number of characters that matched.
expression - a regular expression/pattern to match against
string -- the string to search

es_regex match myvar "!bet .* [#][a-z]+" event_var(text)

Regular expressions are your friend. They're complicated like any good friend should be.
First available in v1.3 of EventScripts.