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diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc index 5a5b7d41a..877ffce47 100644 --- a/README.asciidoc +++ b/README.asciidoc @@ -23,23 +23,22 @@ provides in its standard library is inadequate: === Operations -[[proc-match]] -==== match(string, Regex, start = 0, endpos = -1): RegexMatch +[[proc-find]] +==== find(string, 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`. +Finds the given pattern in the string between the end and start positions. `start` :: The start point at which to start matching. `|abc` is `0`; `a|bc` is `1` `endpos` :: The maximum index for a match; `-1` means the end of the string, otherwise it's an exclusive upper bound. -[[proc-find]] -==== find(string, Regex, start = 0, endpos = -1): RegexMatch +[[proc-match]] +==== match(string, Regex, start = 0, endpos = -1): RegexMatch -Finds the given pattern in the string. Bounds work the same as for -link:#proc-match[`match(...)`], but instead of being anchored to the start of -the string, it can match at any point between `start` and `endpos`. +Like link:#proc-find[`find(...)`], but anchored to the start of the string. +This means that `"foo".match(re"f") == true`, but `"foo".match(re"o") == +false`. [[iter-find]] ==== iterator findIter(string, Regex, start = 0, endpos = -1): RegexMatch @@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ the string, it can match at any point between `start` and `endpos`. Works the same as link:#proc-find[`find(...)`], but finds every non-overlapping match. `"2222".find(re"22")` is `"22", "22"`, not `"22", "22", "22"`. -Arguments are the same as link:#proc-match[`match(...)`] +Arguments are the same as link:#proc-find[`find(...)`] Variants: |