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\name{stri_match_all}
\alias{stri_match_all}
\alias{stri_match_first}
\alias{stri_match_last}
\alias{stri_match}
\alias{stri_match_all_regex}
\alias{stri_match_first_regex}
\alias{stri_match_last_regex}
\title{Extract Regex Pattern Matches, Together with Capture Groups}
\usage{
stri_match_all(str, ..., regex)

stri_match_first(str, ..., regex)

stri_match_last(str, ..., regex)

stri_match(str, ..., regex, mode = c("first", "all", "last"))

stri_match_all_regex(
  str,
  pattern,
  omit_no_match = FALSE,
  cg_missing = NA_character_,
  ...,
  opts_regex = NULL
)

stri_match_first_regex(
  str,
  pattern,
  cg_missing = NA_character_,
  ...,
  opts_regex = NULL
)

stri_match_last_regex(
  str,
  pattern,
  cg_missing = NA_character_,
  ...,
  opts_regex = NULL
)
}
\arguments{
\item{str}{character vector; strings to search in}

\item{...}{supplementary arguments passed to the underlying functions,
including additional settings for \code{opts_regex}}

\item{mode}{single string;
one of: \code{"first"} (the default), \code{"all"}, \code{"last"}}

\item{pattern, regex}{character vector;
search patterns; for more details refer to \link{stringi-search}}

\item{omit_no_match}{single logical value; if \code{FALSE},
then a row with missing values will indicate that there was no match;
\code{stri_match_all_*} only}

\item{cg_missing}{single string to be used if a capture group match
is unavailable}

\item{opts_regex}{a named list with \pkg{ICU} Regex settings,
see \code{\link{stri_opts_regex}}; \code{NULL}
for default settings}
}
\value{
For \code{stri_match_all*},
a list of character matrices is returned. Each list element
represents the results of a different search scenario.

For \code{stri_match_first*} and \code{stri_match_last*}
a character matrix is returned.
Each row corresponds to a different search result.

The first matrix column gives the whole match. The second one corresponds to
the first capture group, the third -- the second capture group, and so on.
}
\description{
These functions extract substrings in \code{str} that
match a given regex \code{pattern}. Additionally, they extract matches
to every \emph{capture group}, i.e., to all the sub-patterns given
in round parentheses.
}
\details{
Vectorized over \code{str} and \code{pattern} (with recycling
of the elements in the shorter vector if necessary). This allows to,
for instance, search for one pattern in each given string,
search for each pattern in one given string,
and search for the i-th pattern within the i-th string.

If no pattern match is detected and \code{omit_no_match=FALSE},
then \code{NA}s are included in the resulting matrix (matrices), see Examples.

Please note: \pkg{ICU} regex engine currently does not fully support
named capture groups.

\code{stri_match}, \code{stri_match_all}, \code{stri_match_first},
and \code{stri_match_last} are convenience functions.
They just call \code{stri_match_*_regex}  and were
provided for consistency with other string searching functions' wrappers,
see, among others, \code{\link{stri_extract}}.
}
\examples{
stri_match_all_regex("breakfast=eggs, lunch=pizza, dessert=icecream",
   "(\\\\w+)=(\\\\w+)")
stri_match_all_regex(c("breakfast=eggs", "lunch=pizza", "no food here"),
   "(\\\\w+)=(\\\\w+)")
stri_match_all_regex(c("breakfast=eggs;lunch=pizza",
   "breakfast=bacon;lunch=spaghetti", "no food here"),
   "(\\\\w+)=(\\\\w+)")
stri_match_first_regex(c("breakfast=eggs;lunch=pizza",
   "breakfast=bacon;lunch=spaghetti", "no food here"),
   "(\\\\w+)=(\\\\w+)")
stri_match_last_regex(c("breakfast=eggs;lunch=pizza",
   "breakfast=bacon;lunch=spaghetti", "no food here"),
   "(\\\\w+)=(\\\\w+)")

stri_match_first_regex(c("abcd", ":abcd", ":abcd:"), "^(:)?([^:]*)(:)?$")
stri_match_first_regex(c("abcd", ":abcd", ":abcd:"), "^(:)?([^:]*)(:)?$", cg_missing="")

# Match all the pattern of the form XYX, including overlapping matches:
stri_match_all_regex("ACAGAGACTTTAGATAGAGAAGA", "(?=(([ACGT])[ACGT]\\\\2))")[[1]][,2]
# Compare the above to:
stri_extract_all_regex("ACAGAGACTTTAGATAGAGAAGA", "([ACGT])[ACGT]\\\\1")

}
\seealso{
Other search_extract: 
\code{\link{stri_extract_all_boundaries}()},
\code{\link{stri_extract_all}()},
\code{\link{stringi-search}}
}
\concept{search_extract}
