Visual C++ Standard Library
regex_search Function
Searches for a regular expression match.
template<class BidIt, class Alloc, class Elem, class RXtraits, class Alloc2>
bool regex_search(BidIt first, Bidit last,
match_results<BidIt, Alloc>& match,
const basic_regex<Elem, RXtraits, Alloc2>& re,
match_flag_type flags = match_default);
template<class BidIt, class Elem, class RXtraits, class Alloc2>
bool regex_search(BidIt first, Bidit last,
const basic_regex<Elem, RXtraits, Alloc2>& re,
match_flag_type flags = match_default);
template<class Elem, class Alloc, class RXtraits, class Alloc2>
bool regex_search(const Elem* ptr,
match_results<const Elem*, Alloc>& match,
const basic_regex<Elem, RXtraits, Alloc2>& re,
match_flag_type flags = match_default);
template<class Elem, class RXtraits, class Alloc2>
bool regex_search(const Elem* ptr,
const basic_regex<Elem, RXtraits, Alloc2>& re,
match_flag_type flags = match_default);
template<class IOtraits, class IOalloc, class Alloc, class Elem, class RXtraits, class Alloc2>
bool regex_search(const basic_string<Elem, IOtraits, IOalloc>& str,
match_results<typename basic_string<Elem, IOtraits, IOalloc>::const_iterator, Alloc>& match,
const basic_regex<Elem, RXtraits, Alloc2>& re,
match_flag_type flags = match_default);
template<class IOtraits, class IOalloc, class Elem, class RXtraits, class Alloc2>
bool regex_search(const basic_string<Elem, IOtraits, IOalloc>& str,
const basic_regex<Elem, RXtraits, Alloc2>& re,
match_flag_type flags = match_default);
Parameters
Remarks
Each template function returns true only if a search for its regular expression argument re in its operand sequence succeeds. The functions that take a match_results object set its members to reflect whether the search succeeded and if so what the various capture groups in the regular expression captured.
Example
// std_tr1__regex__regex_search.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <regex>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
const char *first = "abcd";
const char *last = first + strlen(first);
std::cmatch mr;
std::regex rx("abc");
std::regex_constants::match_flag_type fl =
std::regex_constants::match_default;
std::cout << "search(f, f+1, \"abc\") == " << std::boolalpha
<< regex_search(first, first + 1, rx, fl) << std::endl;
std::cout << "search(f, l, \"abc\") == " << std::boolalpha
<< regex_search(first, last, mr, rx) << std::endl;
std::cout << " matched: \"" << mr.str() << "\"" << std::endl;
std::cout << "search(\"a\", \"abc\") == " << std::boolalpha
<< regex_search("a", rx) << std::endl;
std::cout << "search(\"xabcd\", \"abc\") == " << std::boolalpha
<< regex_search("xabcd", mr, rx) << std::endl;
std::cout << " matched: \"" << mr.str() << "\"" << std::endl;
std::cout << "search(string, \"abc\") == " << std::boolalpha
<< regex_search(std::string("a"), rx) << std::endl;
std::string str("abcabc");
std::match_results<std::string::const_iterator> mr2;
std::cout << "search(string, \"abc\") == " << std::boolalpha
<< regex_search(str, mr2, rx) << std::endl;
std::cout << " matched: \"" << mr2.str() << "\"" << std::endl;
return (0);
}
search(f, f+1, "abc") == false
search(f, l, "abc") == true
matched: "abc"
search("a", "abc") == false
search("xabcd", "abc") == true
matched: "abc"
search(string, "abc") == false
search(string, "abc") == true
matched: "abc"Requirements
Header: <regex>
Namespace: std
See Also