\inmodule QtCore \reentrant More...

#include <qregularexpression.h>

Collaboration diagram for QRegularExpression:

Public Types
enum	PatternOption { NoPatternOption = 0x0000 , CaseInsensitiveOption = 0x0001 , DotMatchesEverythingOption = 0x0002 , MultilineOption = 0x0004 , ExtendedPatternSyntaxOption = 0x0008 , InvertedGreedinessOption = 0x0010 , DontCaptureOption = 0x0020 , UseUnicodePropertiesOption = 0x0040 }
	The PatternOption enum defines modifiers to the way the pattern string should be interpreted, and therefore the way the pattern matches against a subject string. More...

enum	MatchType { NormalMatch = 0 , PartialPreferCompleteMatch , PartialPreferFirstMatch , NoMatch }
	The MatchType enum defines the type of the match that should be attempted against the subject string. More...

enum	MatchOption { NoMatchOption = 0x0000 , AnchorAtOffsetMatchOption = 0x0001 , Q_DECL_ENUMERATOR_DEPRECATED_X , DontCheckSubjectStringMatchOption = 0x0002 }
	\value NoMatchOption No match options are set. More...

enum	WildcardConversionOption { DefaultWildcardConversion = 0x0 , UnanchoredWildcardConversion = 0x1 , NonPathWildcardConversion = 0x2 }

Public Member Functions
PatternOptions	patternOptions () const
	Returns the pattern options for the regular expression.

void	setPatternOptions (PatternOptions options)
	Sets the given options as the pattern options of the regular expression.

	QRegularExpression ()
	Constructs a QRegularExpression object with an empty pattern and no pattern options.

	QRegularExpression (const QString &pattern, PatternOptions options=NoPatternOption)
	Constructs a QRegularExpression object using the given pattern as pattern and the options as the pattern options.

	QRegularExpression (const QRegularExpression &re) noexcept
	Constructs a QRegularExpression object as a copy of re.

	QRegularExpression (QRegularExpression &&re)=default

	~QRegularExpression ()
	Destroys the QRegularExpression object.

QRegularExpression &	operator= (const QRegularExpression &re) noexcept
	Assigns the regular expression re to this object, and returns a reference to the copy.

void	swap (QRegularExpression &other) noexcept
	\memberswap{reglar expression}

QString	pattern () const
	Returns the pattern string of the regular expression.

void	setPattern (const QString &pattern)
	Sets the pattern string of the regular expression to pattern.

bool	isValid () const
	Returns `true` if the regular expression is a valid regular expression (that is, it contains no syntax errors, etc.), or false otherwise.

qsizetype	patternErrorOffset () const
	Returns the offset, inside the pattern string, at which an error was found when checking the validity of the regular expression.

QString	errorString () const
	Returns a textual description of the error found when checking the validity of the regular expression, or "no error" if no error was found.

int	captureCount () const
	Returns the number of capturing groups inside the pattern string, or -1 if the regular expression is not valid.

QStringList	namedCaptureGroups () const

QRegularExpressionMatch	match (const QString &subject, qsizetype offset=0, MatchType matchType=NormalMatch, MatchOptions matchOptions=NoMatchOption) const
	Attempts to match the regular expression against the given subject string, starting at the position offset inside the subject, using a match of type matchType and honoring the given matchOptions.

QRegularExpressionMatch	matchView (QStringView subjectView, qsizetype offset=0, MatchType matchType=NormalMatch, MatchOptions matchOptions=NoMatchOption) const

QRegularExpressionMatchIterator	globalMatch (const QString &subject, qsizetype offset=0, MatchType matchType=NormalMatch, MatchOptions matchOptions=NoMatchOption) const
	Attempts to perform a global match of the regular expression against the given subject string, starting at the position offset inside the subject, using a match of type matchType and honoring the given matchOptions.

QRegularExpressionMatchIterator	globalMatchView (QStringView subjectView, qsizetype offset=0, MatchType matchType=NormalMatch, MatchOptions matchOptions=NoMatchOption) const

void	optimize () const

Static Public Member Functions
static QString	escape (const QString &str)
	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

static QString	wildcardToRegularExpression (const QString &str, WildcardConversionOptions options=DefaultWildcardConversion)

static QString	anchoredPattern (const QString &expression)

static QString	escape (QStringView str)

static QString	wildcardToRegularExpression (QStringView str, WildcardConversionOptions options=DefaultWildcardConversion)

static QString	anchoredPattern (QStringView expression)

static QRegularExpression	fromWildcard (QStringView pattern, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs=Qt::CaseInsensitive, WildcardConversionOptions options=DefaultWildcardConversion)

Friends
struct	QRegularExpressionPrivate

class	QRegularExpressionMatch

struct	QRegularExpressionMatchPrivate

class	QRegularExpressionMatchIterator

Q_CORE_EXPORT bool	comparesEqual (const QRegularExpression &lhs, const QRegularExpression &rhs)

Q_CORE_EXPORT size_t	qHash (const QRegularExpression &key, size_t seed=0)

Related Symbols
(Note that these are not member symbols.)
QDataStream &	operator<< (QDataStream &out, const QRegularExpression &re)
	Writes the regular expression re to stream out.

QDataStream &	operator>> (QDataStream &in, QRegularExpression &re)
	Reads a regular expression from stream in into re.

QDebug	operator<< (QDebug debug, const QRegularExpression &re)
	Writes the regular expression re into the debug object debug for debugging purposes.

QDebug	operator<< (QDebug debug, QRegularExpression::PatternOptions patternOptions)
	Writes the pattern options patternOptions into the debug object debug for debugging purposes.

Detailed Description

\inmodule QtCore \reentrant

The QRegularExpression class provides pattern matching using regular expressions.

Since: 5.0

\keyword regular expression

\compares equality Regular expressions, or {regexps}, are a very powerful tool to handle strings and texts. This is useful in many contexts, e.g.,

\table \row

Validation
A regexp can test whether a substring meets some criteria, e.g. is an integer or contains no whitespace. \row
Searching
A regexp provides more powerful pattern matching than simple substring matching, e.g., match one of the words {mail}, {letter} or {correspondence}, but none of the words {email}, {mailman}, {mailer}, {letterbox}, etc. \row
Search and Replace
A regexp can replace all occurrences of a substring with a different substring, e.g., replace all occurrences of {&} with {&} except where the {&} is already followed by an {amp;}. \row
String Splitting
A regexp can be used to identify where a string should be split apart, e.g. splitting tab-delimited strings. \endtable

This document is by no means a complete reference to pattern matching using regular expressions, and the following parts will require the reader to have some basic knowledge about Perl-like regular expressions and their pattern syntax.

Good references about regular expressions include:

\list

{Mastering Regular Expressions} (Third Edition) by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl, ISBN 0-596-52812-4;
the \l{https://pcre.org/original/doc/html/pcrepattern.html} {pcrepattern(3)} man page, describing the pattern syntax supported by PCRE (the reference implementation of Perl-compatible regular expressions);
the \l{http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html} {Perl's regular expression documentation} and the \l{http://perldoc.perl.org/perlretut.html} {Perl's regular expression tutorial}. \endlist

Definition at line 30 of file qregularexpression.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ MatchOption

enum QRegularExpression::MatchOption

\value NoMatchOption No match options are set.

\value AnchoredMatchOption Use AnchorAtOffsetMatchOption instead.

\value AnchorAtOffsetMatchOption The match is constrained to start exactly at the offset passed to match() in order to be successful, even if the pattern string does not contain any metacharacter that anchors the match at that point. Note that passing this option does not anchor the end of the match to the end of the subject; if you want to fully anchor a regular expression, use anchoredPattern(). This enum value has been introduced in Qt 6.0.

\value DontCheckSubjectStringMatchOption The subject string is not checked for UTF-16 validity before attempting a match. Use this option with extreme caution, as attempting to match an invalid string may crash the program and/or constitute a security issue. This enum value has been introduced in Qt 5.4.

Enumerator
NoMatchOption
AnchorAtOffsetMatchOption
Q_DECL_ENUMERATOR_DEPRECATED_X
DontCheckSubjectStringMatchOption

Definition at line 79 of file qregularexpression.h.

◆ MatchType

enum QRegularExpression::MatchType

The MatchType enum defines the type of the match that should be attempted against the subject string.

\value NormalMatch A normal match is done.

\value PartialPreferCompleteMatch The pattern string is matched partially against the subject string. If a partial match is found, then it is recorded, and other matching alternatives are tried as usual. If a complete match is then found, then it's preferred to the partial match; in this case only the complete match is reported. If instead no complete match is found (but only the partial one), then the partial one is reported.

\value PartialPreferFirstMatch The pattern string is matched partially against the subject string. If a partial match is found, then matching stops and the partial match is reported. In this case, other matching alternatives (potentially leading to a complete match) are not tried. Moreover, this match type assumes that the subject string only a substring of a larger text, and that (in this text) there are other characters beyond the end of the subject string. This can lead to surprising results; see the discussion in the \l{partial matching} section for more details.

\value NoMatch No matching is done. This value is returned as the match type by a default constructed QRegularExpressionMatch or QRegularExpressionMatchIterator. Using this match type is not very useful for the user, as no matching ever happens. This enum value has been introduced in Qt 5.1.

Enumerator
NormalMatch
PartialPreferCompleteMatch
PartialPreferFirstMatch
NoMatch

Definition at line 72 of file qregularexpression.h.

◆ PatternOption

enum QRegularExpression::PatternOption

The PatternOption enum defines modifiers to the way the pattern string should be interpreted, and therefore the way the pattern matches against a subject string.

\value NoPatternOption No pattern options are set.

\value CaseInsensitiveOption The pattern should match against the subject string in a case insensitive way. This option corresponds to the /i modifier in Perl regular expressions.

\value DotMatchesEverythingOption The dot metacharacter ({.}) in the pattern string is allowed to match any character in the subject string, including newlines (normally, the dot does not match newlines). This option corresponds to the {/s} modifier in Perl regular expressions.

\value MultilineOption The caret ({^}) and the dollar ({$}) metacharacters in the pattern string are allowed to match, respectively, immediately after and immediately before any newline in the subject string, as well as at the very beginning and at the very end of the subject string. This option corresponds to the {/m} modifier in Perl regular expressions.

\value ExtendedPatternSyntaxOption Any whitespace in the pattern string which is not escaped and outside a character class is ignored. Moreover, an unescaped sharp ({#}) outside a character class causes all the following characters, until the first newline (included), to be ignored. This can be used to increase the readability of a pattern string as well as put comments inside regular expressions; this is particularly useful if the pattern string is loaded from a file or written by the user, because in C++ code it is always possible to use the rules for string literals to put comments outside the pattern string. This option corresponds to the {/x} modifier in Perl regular expressions.

\value InvertedGreedinessOption The greediness of the quantifiers is inverted: {*}, {+}, {?}, {{m,n}}, etc. become lazy, while their lazy versions ({*?}, {+?}, {??}, {{m,n}?}, etc.) become greedy. There is no equivalent for this option in Perl regular expressions.

\value DontCaptureOption The non-named capturing groups do not capture substrings; named capturing groups still work as intended, as well as the implicit capturing group number 0 corresponding to the entire match. There is no equivalent for this option in Perl regular expressions.

\value UseUnicodePropertiesOption The meaning of the {\w}, {\d}, etc., character classes, as well as the meaning of their counterparts ({\W}, {\D}, etc.), is changed from matching ASCII characters only to matching any character with the corresponding Unicode property. For instance, {\d} is changed to match any character with the Unicode Nd (decimal digit) property; {\w} to match any character with either the Unicode L (letter) or N (digit) property, plus underscore, and so on. This option corresponds to the {/u} modifier in Perl regular expressions.

Enumerator
NoPatternOption
CaseInsensitiveOption
DotMatchesEverythingOption
MultilineOption
ExtendedPatternSyntaxOption
InvertedGreedinessOption
DontCaptureOption
UseUnicodePropertiesOption

Definition at line 33 of file qregularexpression.h.

◆ WildcardConversionOption

enum QRegularExpression::WildcardConversionOption

Since: 6.0

The WildcardConversionOption enum defines modifiers to the way a wildcard glob pattern gets converted to a regular expression pattern.

\value DefaultWildcardConversion No conversion options are set.

\value UnanchoredWildcardConversion The conversion will not anchor the pattern. This allows for partial string matches of wildcard expressions.

\value [since 6.6] NonPathWildcardConversion The conversion will {not} interpret the pattern as filepath globbing.

See also: QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression

Enumerator
DefaultWildcardConversion
UnanchoredWildcardConversion
NonPathWildcardConversion

Definition at line 132 of file qregularexpression.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QRegularExpression() [1/4]

QRegularExpression::QRegularExpression ( )

Constructs a QRegularExpression object with an empty pattern and no pattern options.

See also: setPattern(), setPatternOptions()

Definition at line 1336 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ QRegularExpression() [2/4]

QRegularExpression::QRegularExpression	(	const QString &	pattern,
		PatternOptions	options = NoPatternOption )

explicit

Constructs a QRegularExpression object using the given pattern as pattern and the options as the pattern options.

See also: setPattern(), setPatternOptions()

Definition at line 1347 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ QRegularExpression() [3/4]

QRegularExpression::QRegularExpression ( const QRegularExpression & re )

defaultnoexcept

Constructs a QRegularExpression object as a copy of re.

See also: operator=()

◆ QRegularExpression() [4/4]

QRegularExpression::QRegularExpression ( QRegularExpression && re )

default

Since: 6.1

Constructs a QRegularExpression object by moving from re.

Note that a moved-from QRegularExpression can only be destroyed or assigned to. The effect of calling other functions than the destructor or one of the assignment operators is undefined.

See also: operator=()

◆ ~QRegularExpression()

QRegularExpression::~QRegularExpression ( )

Destroys the QRegularExpression object.

Definition at line 1378 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ anchoredPattern() [1/2]

static QString QRegularExpression::anchoredPattern ( const QString & expression )

inlinestatic

Since: 5.12 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Definition at line 149 of file qregularexpression.h.

◆ anchoredPattern() [2/2]

QString QRegularExpression::anchoredPattern ( QStringView expression )

static

Since: 5.15

Returns the expression wrapped between the {\A} and {\z} anchors to be used for exact matching.

Definition at line 2076 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ captureCount()

int QRegularExpression::captureCount ( ) const

Returns the number of capturing groups inside the pattern string, or -1 if the regular expression is not valid.

Note: The implicit capturing group 0 is {not} included in the returned number.

See also: isValid()

Definition at line 1453 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ errorString()

QString QRegularExpression::errorString ( ) const

Returns a textual description of the error found when checking the validity of the regular expression, or "no error" if no error was found.

See also: isValid(), patternErrorOffset()

Definition at line 1536 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ escape() [1/2]

static QString QRegularExpression::escape ( const QString & str )

inlinestatic

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Definition at line 139 of file qregularexpression.h.

◆ escape() [2/2]

QString QRegularExpression::escape ( QStringView str )

static

Since: 5.15

Escapes all characters of str so that they no longer have any special meaning when used as a regular expression pattern string, and returns the escaped string. For instance:

QString escaped = QRegularExpression::escape("a(x) = f(x) + g(x)");

// escaped == "a\\‍(x\\‍)\\ \\=\\ f\\‍(x\\‍)\\ \\+\\ g\\‍(x\\‍)"

This is very convenient in order to build patterns from arbitrary strings:

QString pattern = "(" + QRegularExpression::escape(name) +
                  "|" + QRegularExpression::escape(nickname) + ")";
QRegularExpression re(pattern);

Note: This function implements Perl's quotemeta algorithm and escapes with a backslash all characters in str, except for the characters in the {[A-Z]}, {[a-z]} and {[0-9]} ranges, as well as the underscore ({_}) character. The only difference with Perl is that a literal NUL inside str is escaped with the sequence {"\\0"} (backslash + {'0'}), instead of {"\\\0"} (backslash + {NUL}).

Definition at line 1808 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ fromWildcard()

QRegularExpression QRegularExpression::fromWildcard	(	QStringView	pattern,
		Qt::CaseSensitivity	cs = Qt::CaseInsensitive,
		WildcardConversionOptions	options = DefaultWildcardConversion )

static

Since: 6.0 Returns a regular expression of the glob pattern pattern. The regular expression will be case sensitive if cs is \l{Qt::CaseSensitive}, and converted according to options.

Equivalent to

auto reOptions = cs == Qt::CaseSensitive ? QRegularExpression::NoPatternOption :
                                           QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption;
return QRegularExpression(wildcardToRegularExpression(str, options), reOptions);

Definition at line 2056 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ globalMatch()

QRegularExpressionMatchIterator QRegularExpression::globalMatch	(	const QString &	subject,
		qsizetype	offset = 0,
		MatchType	matchType = NormalMatch,
		MatchOptions	matchOptions = NoMatchOption ) const

nodiscard

Attempts to perform a global match of the regular expression against the given subject string, starting at the position offset inside the subject, using a match of type matchType and honoring the given matchOptions.

The returned QRegularExpressionMatchIterator is positioned before the first match result (if any).

See also: QRegularExpressionMatchIterator, {global matching}

Definition at line 1660 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ globalMatchView()

QRegularExpressionMatchIterator QRegularExpression::globalMatchView	(	QStringView	subjectView,
		qsizetype	offset = 0,
		MatchType	matchType = NormalMatch,
		MatchOptions	matchOptions = NoMatchOption ) const

nodiscard

Since: 6.5 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Attempts to perform a global match of the regular expression against the given subjectView string view, starting at the position offset inside the subject, using a match of type matchType and honoring the given matchOptions.

The returned QRegularExpressionMatchIterator is positioned before the first match result (if any).

Note: The data referenced by subjectView must remain valid as long as there are QRegularExpressionMatchIterator or QRegularExpressionMatch objects using it.

See also: QRegularExpressionMatchIterator, {global matching}

Definition at line 1709 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ isValid()

bool QRegularExpression::isValid ( ) const

nodiscard

Returns true if the regular expression is a valid regular expression (that is, it contains no syntax errors, etc.), or false otherwise.

Use errorString() to obtain a textual description of the error.

See also: errorString(), patternErrorOffset()

Definition at line 1524 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ match()

QRegularExpressionMatch QRegularExpression::match	(	const QString &	subject,
		qsizetype	offset = 0,
		MatchType	matchType = NormalMatch,
		MatchOptions	matchOptions = NoMatchOption ) const

nodiscard

Attempts to match the regular expression against the given subject string, starting at the position offset inside the subject, using a match of type matchType and honoring the given matchOptions.

The returned QRegularExpressionMatch object contains the results of the match.

See also: QRegularExpressionMatch, {normal matching}

Definition at line 1586 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ matchView()

QRegularExpressionMatch QRegularExpression::matchView	(	QStringView	subjectView,
		qsizetype	offset = 0,
		MatchType	matchType = NormalMatch,
		MatchOptions	matchOptions = NoMatchOption ) const

nodiscard

Since: 6.5 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Attempts to match the regular expression against the given subjectView string view, starting at the position offset inside the subject, using a match of type matchType and honoring the given matchOptions.

The returned QRegularExpressionMatch object contains the results of the match.

Note: The data referenced by subjectView must remain valid as long as there are QRegularExpressionMatch objects using it.

See also: QRegularExpressionMatch, {normal matching}

Definition at line 1634 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ namedCaptureGroups()

QStringList QRegularExpression::namedCaptureGroups ( ) const

Since: 5.1

Returns a list of captureCount() + 1 elements, containing the names of the named capturing groups in the pattern string. The list is sorted such that the element of the list at position {i} is the name of the {i}-th capturing group, if it has a name, or an empty string if that capturing group is unnamed.

For instance, given the regular expression

(?<day>\d\d)-(?<month>\d\d)-(?<year>\d\d\d\d) (\w+) (?<name>\w+)

namedCaptureGroups() will return the following list:

("", "day", "month", "year", "", "name")

which corresponds to the fact that the capturing group #0 (corresponding to the whole match) has no name, the capturing group #1 has name "day", the capturing group #2 has name "month", etc.

If the regular expression is not valid, returns an empty list.

See also: isValid(), QRegularExpressionMatch::captured(), QString::isEmpty()

Definition at line 1485 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ operator=()

QRegularExpression & QRegularExpression::operator= ( const QRegularExpression & re )

defaultnoexcept

Assigns the regular expression re to this object, and returns a reference to the copy.

Move-assigns the regular expression re to this object, and returns a reference to the result.

Both the pattern and the pattern options are copied.

Note that a moved-from QRegularExpression can only be destroyed or assigned to. The effect of calling other functions than the destructor or one of the assignment operators is undefined.

◆ optimize()

void QRegularExpression::optimize ( ) const

Since: 5.4

Compiles the pattern immediately, including JIT compiling it (if the JIT is enabled) for optimization.

See also: isValid(), {Debugging Code that Uses QRegularExpression}

Definition at line 1731 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ pattern()

QString QRegularExpression::pattern ( ) const

Returns the pattern string of the regular expression.

See also: setPattern(), patternOptions()

Definition at line 1400 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ patternErrorOffset()

qsizetype QRegularExpression::patternErrorOffset ( ) const

Returns the offset, inside the pattern string, at which an error was found when checking the validity of the regular expression.

If no error was found, then -1 is returned.

See also: pattern(), isValid(), errorString()

Definition at line 1570 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ patternOptions()

QRegularExpression::PatternOptions QRegularExpression::patternOptions ( ) const

Returns the pattern options for the regular expression.

See also: setPatternOptions(), pattern()

Definition at line 1425 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ setPattern()

void QRegularExpression::setPattern ( const QString & pattern )

Sets the pattern string of the regular expression to pattern.

The pattern options are left unchanged.

See also: pattern(), setPatternOptions()

Definition at line 1411 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ setPatternOptions()

void QRegularExpression::setPatternOptions ( PatternOptions options )

Sets the given options as the pattern options of the regular expression.

The pattern string is left unchanged.

See also: patternOptions(), setPattern()

Definition at line 1436 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ swap()

void QRegularExpression::swap ( QRegularExpression & other )

inlinenoexcept

\memberswap{reglar expression}

Definition at line 59 of file qregularexpression.h.

◆ wildcardToRegularExpression() [1/2]

static QString QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression	(	const QString &	pattern,
		WildcardConversionOptions	options = DefaultWildcardConversion )

inlinestatic

Since: 5.12

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Definition at line 144 of file qregularexpression.h.

◆ wildcardToRegularExpression() [2/2]

QString QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression	(	QStringView	pattern,
		WildcardConversionOptions	options = DefaultWildcardConversion )

static

Since: 5.15

Returns a regular expression representation of the given glob pattern.

There are two transformations possible, one that targets file path globbing, and another one which is more generic.

By default, the transformation is targeting file path globbing, which means in particular that path separators receive special treatment. This implies that it is not just a basic translation from "*" to ".*" and similar.

QString wildcard = QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression("*.jpeg");
// Will match files with names like:
//    foo.jpeg
//    f_o_o.jpeg
//    föö.jpeg

The more generic globbing transformation is available by passing NonPathWildcardConversion in the conversion options.

This implementation follows closely the definition of wildcard for glob patterns: \table \row

{c}
Any character represents itself apart from those mentioned below. Thus {c} matches the character c. \row
{?}
Matches any single character, except for a path separator (in case file path globbing has been selected). It is the same as b{.} in full regexps. \row
{*}
Matches zero or more of any characters, except for path separators (in case file path globbing has been selected). It is the same as {.*} in full regexps. \row
{[abc]}
Matches one character given in the bracket. \row
{[a-c]}
Matches one character from the range given in the bracket. \row
{[!abc]}
Matches one character that is not given in the bracket. It is the same as {[^abc]} in full regexp. \row
{[!a-c]}
Matches one character that is not from the range given in the bracket. It is the same as {[^a-c]} in full regexp. \endtable

Note: For historical reasons, a backslash (\) character is not an escape char in this context. In order to match one of the special characters, place it in square brackets (for example, {[?]}).

More information about the implementation can be found in: \list

\l {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)} {The Wikipedia Glob article}
{man 7 glob} \endlist

By default, the returned regular expression is fully anchored. In other words, there is no need of calling anchoredPattern() again on the result. To get a regular expression that is not anchored, pass UnanchoredWildcardConversion in the conversion options.

See also: escape()

Definition at line 1930 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

Friends And Related Symbol Documentation

◆ comparesEqual

Q_CORE_EXPORT bool comparesEqual	(	const QRegularExpression &	lhs,
		const QRegularExpression &	rhs )

friend

Definition at line 1745 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ operator<<() [1/3]

QDataStream & operator<<	(	QDataStream &	out,
		const QRegularExpression &	re )

See also: {Serializing Qt Data Types}

Definition at line 2754 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ operator<<() [2/3]

QDebug operator<<	(	QDebug	debug,
		const QRegularExpression &	re )

See also: {Debugging Techniques}

Definition at line 2787 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ operator<<() [3/3]

QDebug operator<<	(	QDebug	debug,
		QRegularExpression::PatternOptions	patternOptions )

See also: {Debugging Techniques}

Definition at line 2802 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ operator>>()

QDataStream & operator>>	(	QDataStream &	in,
		QRegularExpression &	re )

See also: {Serializing Qt Data Types}

Definition at line 2767 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ qHash

size_t qHash	(	const QRegularExpression &	key,
		size_t	seed = 0 )

friend

Since: 5.6

Returns the hash value for key, using seed to seed the calculation.

Definition at line 1778 of file qregularexpression.cpp.

◆ QRegularExpressionMatch

friend class QRegularExpressionMatch

friend

Definition at line 170 of file qregularexpression.h.

◆ QRegularExpressionMatchIterator

friend class QRegularExpressionMatchIterator

friend

Definition at line 172 of file qregularexpression.h.

◆ QRegularExpressionMatchPrivate

friend struct QRegularExpressionMatchPrivate

friend

Definition at line 171 of file qregularexpression.h.

◆ QRegularExpressionPrivate

friend struct QRegularExpressionPrivate

friend

Definition at line 169 of file qregularexpression.h.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

qtbase/src/corelib/text/qregularexpression.h (7b738ffc583a19138d9772d7ed84c8d771c85a77)
qtbase/src/corelib/text/qregularexpression.cpp (82058367923ce164024885854c139ee5e0d89949)

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Friends

Related Symbols

Detailed Description

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ MatchOption

◆ MatchType

◆ PatternOption

◆ WildcardConversionOption

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QRegularExpression() [1/4]

◆ QRegularExpression() [2/4]

◆ QRegularExpression() [3/4]

◆ QRegularExpression() [4/4]

◆ ~QRegularExpression()

Member Function Documentation

◆ anchoredPattern() [1/2]

◆ anchoredPattern() [2/2]

◆ captureCount()

◆ errorString()

◆ escape() [1/2]

◆ escape() [2/2]

◆ fromWildcard()

◆ globalMatch()

◆ globalMatchView()

◆ isValid()

◆ match()

◆ matchView()

◆ namedCaptureGroups()

◆ operator=()

◆ optimize()

◆ pattern()

◆ patternErrorOffset()

◆ patternOptions()

◆ setPattern()

◆ setPatternOptions()

◆ swap()

◆ wildcardToRegularExpression() [1/2]

◆ wildcardToRegularExpression() [2/2]

Friends And Related Symbol Documentation

◆ comparesEqual

◆ operator<<() [1/3]

◆ operator<<() [2/3]

◆ operator<<() [3/3]

◆ operator>>()

◆ qHash

◆ QRegularExpressionMatch

◆ QRegularExpressionMatchIterator

◆ QRegularExpressionMatchPrivate

◆ QRegularExpressionPrivate