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<h1 id="top">Regex.find</h1>
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<code class="sig">Regex.find(text, pattern) -&gt; Match</code>
<div class="desc"><p>Searches <code>text</code> and returns the first <code>Match</code> — carrying the overall span and every capture group — or <code>null</code> if the pattern does not match. Read groups with <a href="regex-group"><code>Regex.group</code></a> and spans with <a href="regex-start"><code>Regex.start</code></a> / <a href="regex-end"><code>Regex.end</code></a>.</p></div>
<div class="params"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="param" id="param-text"><code class="pname">text</code><span class="pdesc">the string to search</span></div><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 m = Regex.find("name: Alice", "(\\w+): (\\w+)")
if Regex.ok(m) { print(1) }
}
}</pre></div>
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