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<code class="sig">Regex.compile(pattern) -&gt; Regex</code>
<div class="desc"><p>Compiles <code>pattern</code> to a reusable <code>Regex</code> and returns it, or <code>null</code> if the pattern is malformed — so a bad pattern is a value you can check, never a crash. Compiling once and reusing with <a href="regex-test"><code>Regex.test</code></a> / <a href="regex-exec"><code>Regex.exec</code></a> avoids re-parsing the pattern every call, which matters in a hot loop.</p></div>
<div class="params"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="param" id="param-pattern"><code class="pname">pattern</code><span class="pdesc">the regular expression source</span></div></div>
<div class="examples"><h2>Example</h2><pre data-lang="ludic">program Demo {
entry {
let re = Regex.compile("^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$")
if Regex.test("2026-08-31", re) { print(1) }
}
}</pre></div>
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