String.Matches(String) Method
Definition
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Tells whether or not this string matches the given regular expression.
[Android.Runtime.Register("matches", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Z", "")]
public bool Matches (string regex);[<Android.Runtime.Register("matches", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Z", "")>]
member this.Matches : string -> boolParameters
- regex
- String
the regular expression to which this string is to be matched
Returns
true if, and only if, this string matches the
given regular expression
- Attributes
Exceptions
if regularExpression == null
Remarks
Tells whether or not this string matches the given regular expression.
An invocation of this method of the form str.matches(regex) yields exactly the same result as the expression
<blockquote> java.util.regex.Pattern.java.util.regex.Pattern#matches(String,CharSequence) matches(<i>regex</i>, <i>str</i>)</blockquote>
Added in 1.4.
Java documentation for java.lang.String.matches(java.lang.String).
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