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Regular Expression with Multiple Matches and Capture Groups

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Demonstrates a regular expression with multiple matches and capture groups for each match.

Note: Chilkat uses PCRE2. See PCRE2 Regular Expressions
Also see: PCRE2 Performance

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$pattern = "Name:\\s+(\\w+)\\s+(\\w+),\\s+Email:\\s+(\\S+)"

$sb = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$crlf = $true
$sb.AppendLine("Name: John Smith, Email: john.smith@example.com",$crlf)
$sb.AppendLine("Name: Jack Johnson, Email: jack.johnson@example.com",$crlf)
$sb.AppendLine("Name: Mary Adams, Email: mary.adams@example.com",$crlf)

$($sb.GetAsString())

# We have the following string:
# Name: John Smith, Email: john.smith@example.com
# Name: Jack Johnson, Email: jack.johnson@example.com
# Name: Mary Adams, Email: mary.adams@example.com

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.EmitCompact = $false

$timeoutMs = 2000
$numMatches = $sb.RegexMatch($pattern,$json,$timeoutMs)
if ($numMatches -lt 0) {
    # Probably an error in the regular expression.
    # Suggestion: Use AI to help create and/or diagnose regular expressions.
    $($sb.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Examine the matches:
$($json.Emit())

# This is the JSON with the match information.
# See the JSON parsing code below to get the matched capture group values.

# {
#   "match": [
#     {
#       "group": [
#         {
#           "cap": "Name: John Smith, Email: john.smith@example.com",
#           "idx": 0,
#           "len": 47
#         },
#         {
#           "cap": "John",
#           "idx": 6,
#           "len": 4
#         },
#         {
#           "cap": "Smith",
#           "idx": 11,
#           "len": 5
#         },
#         {
#           "cap": "john.smith@example.com",
#           "idx": 25,
#           "len": 22
#         }
#       ]
#     },
#     {
#       "group": [
#         {
#           "cap": "Name: Jack Johnson, Email: jack.johnson@example.com",
#           "idx": 49,
#           "len": 51
#         },
#         {
#           "cap": "Jack",
#           "idx": 55,
#           "len": 4
#         },
#         {
#           "cap": "Johnson",
#           "idx": 60,
#           "len": 7
#         },
#         {
#           "cap": "jack.johnson@example.com",
#           "idx": 76,
#           "len": 24
#         }
#       ]
#     },
#     {
#       "group": [
#         {
#           "cap": "Name: Mary Adams, Email: mary.adams@example.com",
#           "idx": 102,
#           "len": 47
#         },
#         {
#           "cap": "Mary",
#           "idx": 108,
#           "len": 4
#         },
#         {
#           "cap": "Adams",
#           "idx": 113,
#           "len": 5
#         },
#         {
#           "cap": "mary.adams@example.com",
#           "idx": 127,
#           "len": 22
#         }
#       ]
#     }
#   ]
# }

# Important:  Capture group 0 always contains the entire match — that is, the portion of the input string that matches the full regular expression.

$i = 0
$matchCount = $json.SizeOfArray("match")
while ($i -lt $matchCount) {
    $("Match " + $i + 1 + ":")
    $json.I = $i
    $j = 0
    $numCaptureGroups = $json.SizeOfArray("match[i].group")
    while ($j -lt $numCaptureGroups) {
        $json.J = $j
        $cap = $json.StringOf("match[i].group[j].cap")
        $([string]$j + ": " + $cap)
        $j = $j + 1
    }

    $i = $i + 1
}

# Capture group 0 always contains the entire match — that is, the portion of the input string that matches the full regular expression.

# Output

# Match 1:
# 0: Name: John Smith, Email: john.smith@example.com
# 1: John
# 2: Smith
# 3: john.smith@example.com
# Match 2:
# 0: Name: Jack Johnson, Email: jack.johnson@example.com
# 1: Jack
# 2: Johnson
# 3: jack.johnson@example.com
# Match 3:
# 0: Name: Mary Adams, Email: mary.adams@example.com
# 1: Mary
# 2: Adams
# 3: mary.adams@example.co