function::ngroups3stap
Number of subexpressions in the last match.
Usage
ngroups:long()
Arguments
None
Overview
returns the number of subexpressions from the last successful use of the =~ regex matching operator.
Note that this number includes subexpressions which are present in the regex but did not match any string; for example, given the regex “a|(b)”, the subexpressions will count the group for (b) regardless of whether it matched a string or not. Throws an error if the last use of =~ was a failed match.
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Releases
4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 3 times.