reMatch

Uses a regular expression (RE) to search a string for a pattern, starting from a specified position.

reMatch(reg_expression, string) → returns array

Argument Reference

Regular expression for which to search. Case-sensitive.

A string or a variable that contains one. String in which to search.

Learning ReMatch by Ben Nadel - Tutorial style article on using the reMatch function in CFML.

Extracts numbers from a string and returns them as an array

serializeJSON( reMatch("[0-9]+", "1 way to extract any number like 45, 38") )

Expected Result: ["1","45","38"]

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