SYNOPSIS #include <regexp.h> string *regexp(string *list, string pattern) string *regexp(string *list, string pattern, int opt) DESCRIPTION Match the pattern <pattern> (interpreted according to <opt> if given) against all strings in list, and return a new array with all strings that matched. If there is an error in the regular expression, a runtime error will be raised. EXAMPLE string strs; string pattern; if (regexp_package() == RE_PCRE) pattern = "\\<help\\>.*\\<me\\>"; else pattern = "\\bhelp\\b.*\\bme\\b"; if (strs = regexp( ({"please, help me Sir John."}), , pattern )) { if (sizeof(strs) write("It matches.\n"); } The regular expression will test the given string (which is packed into an array) if there is something like "help ... me" inside of it. HISTORY LDMud 3.3 added the optional <opt> argument. SEE ALSO regexplode(E), regmatch(E), regreplace(E), regexp_package(E), sscanf(E), regexp(C)