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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP − Reference → Processing Internal Data → Character String and Byte String Processing → Expressions and Functions for String Processing → String Functions → Common Parameters of Character String Functions →regex - Regular Expression
Syntax
... ( ... regex = regex ... ) ...
Effect
regex is used to pass a regular expression as a search object or a match object. regex is a character-like expression position that must contain a regular expression with correct syntax. If a character-like data object with a fixed length is specified, any trailing blanks are ignored. If regex is empty, an exception from the class CX_SY_STRG_PAR_VAL is raised.
Note
The regular expression in regex may be have correct syntax but be too complex for the execution of the function, which can raise a handleable exception of the class CX_SY_REGEX_TOO_COMPLEX. Refer to Exceptions in Regular Expressions.