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Flaviu Tamas
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@@ -68,3 +68,19 @@ passed in order to encourage readable expressions, so `[0-9]+` is equivalent to
`Sx` is enabled by default in order to encourage use of whitespace for better
readability.
## Usage
### `proc match(str: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0, endpos = -1): RegexMatch`
Tries to match the pattern, starting at start. This means that
`"foo".match(re"f") == true`, but `"foo".match(re"o") == false`.
<dl>
<dt>`start`</dt>
<dd>The start point at which to start matching. `|abc` is `0`; `a|bc` is
`1`</dd>
<dt>`endpos`</dt>
<dd>The maximum index for a match; `-1` means the end of the string, otherwise
it's an exclusive upper bound.</dd>
</dl>