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Document builtins.match, fixes #1145

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Domen Kožar 2016-12-09 20:40:55 +01:00
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doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
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@ -210,6 +210,35 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.match</function>
<replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Returns a list if
<replaceable>regex</replaceable> matches
<replaceable>str</replaceable> precisely, otherwise returns <literal>null</literal>.
Each item in the list is a regex group.
<programlisting>
builtins.match "ab" "abc"
</programlisting>
Evaluates to <literal>null</literal>.
<programlisting>
builtins.match "abc" "abc"
</programlisting>
Evaluates to <literal>[ ]</literal>.
<programlisting>
builtins.match "a(b)(c)" "abc"
</programlisting>
Evaluates to <literal>[ "b" "c" ]</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.elem</function>
<replaceable>x</replaceable> <replaceable>xs</replaceable></term>