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name="boost.xpressive.regex_match"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> 28<div class="refnamediv"> 29<h2><span class="refentrytitle">Function regex_match</span></h2> 30<p>boost::xpressive::regex_match — See if a regex matches a sequence from beginning to end. </p> 31</div> 32<h2 xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv-title">Synopsis</h2> 33<div xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv"><pre class="synopsis"><span class="comment">// In header: <<a class="link" href="../../xpressive/reference.html#header.boost.xpressive.regex_algorithms_hpp" title="Header <boost/xpressive/regex_algorithms.hpp>">boost/xpressive/regex_algorithms.hpp</a>> 34 35</span> 36<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> BidiIter<span class="special">></span> 37 <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> begin<span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> end<span class="special">,</span> 38 <a class="link" href="match_results.html" title="Struct template match_results">match_results</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="special">&</span> what<span class="special">,</span> 39 <a class="link" href="basic_regex.html" title="Struct template basic_regex">basic_regex</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> re<span class="special">,</span> 40 <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> flags <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span> 41<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> BidiIter<span class="special">></span> 42 <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> begin<span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> end<span class="special">,</span> 43 <a class="link" href="basic_regex.html" title="Struct template basic_regex">basic_regex</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> re<span class="special">,</span> 44 <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> flags <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span> 45<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> Char<span class="special">></span> 46 <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Char</span> <span class="special">*</span> begin<span class="special">,</span> <a class="link" href="match_results.html" title="Struct template match_results">match_results</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">Char</span> <span class="special">*</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="special">&</span> what<span class="special">,</span> 47 <a class="link" href="basic_regex.html" title="Struct template basic_regex">basic_regex</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">Char</span> <span class="special">*</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> re<span class="special">,</span> 48 <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> flags <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span> 49<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> BidiRange<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> BidiIter<span class="special">></span> 50 <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BidiRange</span> <span class="special">&</span> rng<span class="special">,</span> <a class="link" href="match_results.html" title="Struct template match_results">match_results</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="special">&</span> what<span class="special">,</span> 51 <a class="link" href="basic_regex.html" title="Struct template basic_regex">basic_regex</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> re<span class="special">,</span> 52 <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> flags <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">,</span> 53 <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="identifier">unspecified</span></em></span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span> 54<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> BidiRange<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> BidiIter<span class="special">></span> 55 <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BidiRange</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> rng<span class="special">,</span> <a class="link" href="match_results.html" title="Struct template match_results">match_results</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="special">&</span> what<span class="special">,</span> 56 <a class="link" href="basic_regex.html" title="Struct template basic_regex">basic_regex</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> re<span class="special">,</span> 57 <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> flags <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">,</span> 58 <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="identifier">unspecified</span></em></span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span> 59<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> Char<span class="special">></span> 60 <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Char</span> <span class="special">*</span> begin<span class="special">,</span> <a class="link" href="basic_regex.html" title="Struct template basic_regex">basic_regex</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">Char</span> <span class="special">*</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> re<span class="special">,</span> 61 <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> flags <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span> 62<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> BidiRange<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> BidiIter<span class="special">></span> 63 <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BidiRange</span> <span class="special">&</span> rng<span class="special">,</span> <a class="link" href="basic_regex.html" title="Struct template basic_regex">basic_regex</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> re<span class="special">,</span> 64 <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> flags <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">,</span> 65 <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="identifier">unspecified</span></em></span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span> 66<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> BidiRange<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> BidiIter<span class="special">></span> 67 <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">regex_match</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BidiRange</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> rng<span class="special">,</span> <a class="link" href="basic_regex.html" title="Struct template basic_regex">basic_regex</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">BidiIter</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&</span> re<span class="special">,</span> 68 <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span> flags <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">regex_constants</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_default</span><span class="special">,</span> 69 <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="identifier">unspecified</span></em></span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre></div> 70<div class="refsect1"> 71<a name="id-1.3.47.5.5.4.4"></a><h2>Description</h2> 72<p>Determines whether there is an exact match between the regular expression <code class="computeroutput">re</code>, and all of the sequence <code class="computeroutput">[begin, end)</code>.</p> 73<p> 74 75 76 77 78</p> 79<div class="variablelist"><table border="0" class="variablelist compact"> 80<colgroup> 81<col align="left" valign="top"> 82<col> 83</colgroup> 84<tbody> 85<tr> 86<td><p><span class="term">Parameters:</span></p></td> 87<td><div class="variablelist"><table border="0" class="variablelist compact"> 88<colgroup> 89<col align="left" valign="top"> 90<col> 91</colgroup> 92<tbody> 93<tr> 94<td><p><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput">begin</code></span></p></td> 95<td><p>The beginning of the sequence. </p></td> 96</tr> 97<tr> 98<td><p><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput">end</code></span></p></td> 99<td><p>The end of the sequence. </p></td> 100</tr> 101<tr> 102<td><p><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput">flags</code></span></p></td> 103<td><p>Optional match flags, used to control how the expression is matched against the sequence. (See <code class="computeroutput">match_flag_type</code>.) </p></td> 104</tr> 105<tr> 106<td><p><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput">re</code></span></p></td> 107<td><p>The regular expression object to use </p></td> 108</tr> 109<tr> 110<td><p><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput">what</code></span></p></td> 111<td><p>The <code class="computeroutput"><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="match_results.html" title="Struct template match_results">match_results</a></code></code> struct into which the sub_matches will be written </p></td> 112</tr> 113</tbody> 114</table></div></td> 115</tr> 116<tr> 117<td><p><span class="term">Requires:</span></p></td> 118<td><p>Type <code class="computeroutput">BidiIter</code> meets the requirements of a Bidirectional Iterator (24.1.4). </p></td> 119</tr> 120<tr> 121<td><p><span class="term">Requires:</span></p></td> 122<td><p><code class="computeroutput">[begin,end)</code> denotes a valid iterator range. </p></td> 123</tr> 124<tr> 125<td><p><span class="term">Returns:</span></p></td> 126<td><p><code class="computeroutput">true</code> if a match is found, <code class="computeroutput">false</code> otherwise </p></td> 127</tr> 128<tr> 129<td><p><span class="term">Throws:</span></p></td> 130<td> 131<a class="link" href="regex_error.html" title="Struct regex_error">regex_error</a> on stack exhaustion </td> 132</tr> 133</tbody> 134</table></div> 135</div> 136</div> 137<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 138<td align="left"></td> 139<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2007 Eric Niebler<p> 140 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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