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getGroupEnd

getGroupEnd() Function

• Introduced in version 1.3b48

Returns the end index of the specified capture group for the specified match that was found using strfind()

Usage

  1. getGroupEnd(id, match, group)

Where

  • id is the id returned by strfind()
  • match is the number of the match found by strfind()
  • group is the number of the capture group found by strfind()

Example

  1. [h: id = strfind("this is a test", "(\\S+)\\s(\\S+)\\s*")]
  2. match 1, group 1 end = [getGroupEnd(id, 1, 1)]<br>
  3. match 1, group 2 end = [getGroupEnd(id, 1, 2)]<br>
  4. match 2, group 1 end = [getGroupEnd(id, 2, 1)]<br>
  5. match 2, group 2 end = [getGroupEnd(id, 2, 2)]<br>

Returns 

match 1, group 1 end = 4 
match 1, group 2 end = 7 
match 2, group 1 end = 9 
match 2, group 2 end = 14
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