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Pattern matching

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Pattern matching
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[](#pattern-matching)

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Regular expressions and text scanning

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
use text\regex\Pattern;

$pattern= Pattern::compile('([w]{3}\.)?example\.(com|net|org)');
if ($pattern->matches($input)) {
  // Looks like an example domain
}

$result= $pattern->match($input);
$group= $result->group(0);  // [ "www.example.com", "www.", "www", "com" ]
```

Further reading
---------------

[](#further-reading)

- [RFC #165: New text.regex package](https://github.com/xp-framework/rfc/issues/165)

###  Health Score

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Established project with proven stability

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Last Release

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Major Versions

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