Guide to Regex

Introduction

Regex is a way to search a subtext within a text. It will allow you to search more complex things and will give you more freedom on what to highlight. It however is a bit complex to fully understand in one go. See the Examples for some easy to use regex strings. The regex will be case insensitive by default ingame.

A helpful tool in testing your regex string is this site here.

Info

This part is under construction. Please view the BYOND Regex reference in the meantime.

Examples

Description	Regex syntax	Example regex	Example output
Select a multiple of sub texts that start with the given text	\bword1|\bword2	\bhello|\bworld	hello beautiful worlds! hhello
Select a multiple of sub texts that have to fully match the given text	\bword1\b|\bword2\b	\bhello\b|\bworld\b	hello beautiful worlds! hhello
Select a word with an aritrary (non zero) amount of characters in one spot	word+	ca+ptain	Caaaaaaaaaaaptain! captain nukies onboard!