Es regex matchformat

Overview

Syntax: es_regex matchformat <variable> <expression> <string> <formatstring>

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

Description

Compare the string with the regular expression, put the tokens into the formatstring and save the resultstring into variable

Parameters

• variable - the name of the variable to store the resulting string in
• expression - a regular expression/pattern to match against
• string -- the string to compare with
• formatstring -- string where tokens found with the regular expressions are put in.

Examples

es_xsetinfo myvar 0
es_xsetinfo mystring "!bet 1000 #ct"
es_regex matchformat myvar "!bet .* ([#][a-z]+)" server_var(mystring) "This is the first token: %1. This is the second token: %2."
 
// Will output into myvar: "This is the first token: 1000. This is the second token: #ct." 

Notes

• Regular expressions are your friend. They're complicated like any good friend should be.
• First available in v1.3 of EventScripts.
• Warning: More tokens in the formatstring as in the regular expression will cause the engine and/or the computer to crash!

See also

• es_regex
• Quick Regular Expressions Tutorial
• Longer regular expressions tutorial

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