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<regex>|
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<regex> |
v0.90 |
Sets project properties based on the evaluatuion of a regular expression.
The pattern attribute must contain one or more named grouping constructs, which represents the names of the properties to be set. These named grouping constructs can be enclosed by angle brackets (?<name>) or single quotes (?'name').
Note: In the build file, use the XML element < to specify <, and > to specify >.
Note: The named grouping construct must not contain any punctuation and it cannot begin with a number.
| Attribute | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| input | string | Represents the input for the regular expression. | True |
| pattern | string | Represents the regular expression to be evalued. | True |
| options | RegexOptions | A comma separated list of options to pass to the regex engine. The default is None. |
False |
| failonerror | bool | Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true. | False |
| if | bool | If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true. | False |
| unless | bool | Opposite of if. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false. |
False |
| verbose | bool | Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false. | False |
Find the last word in the given string and stores it in the property lastword.
<regex pattern="(?'lastword'\w+)$" input="This is a test sentence" />
<echo message="${lastword}" />
Split the full filename and extension of a filename.
<regex pattern="^(?'filename'.*)\.(?'extension'\w+)$" input="d:\Temp\SomeDir\SomeDir\bla.xml" />
Split the path and the filename. (This checks for / or \ as the path separator).
<regex pattern="^(?'path'.*(\\|/)|(/|\\))(?'file'.*)$" input="d:\Temp\SomeDir\SomeDir\bla.xml" />
Results in path=d:\Temp\SomeDir\SomeDir\ and file=bla.xml.