MUSHclient scripting

Description of MUSHclient world function: world.MakeRegularExpression

Name	MakeRegularExpression
Type	Method
Summary	Converts wildcard matching text to a regular expression
Prototype	`BSTR MakeRegularExpression(BSTR Text);` View list of data type meanings
Description	This function provides an interface to the internal routine that MUSHclient uses to convert trigger and alias "simple" wildcard expressions to full regular expressions. It is exactly the same result as provided by clicking on the "Convert to regular expression" button in the Edit Trigger dialog. Example: print (MakeRegularExpression ("* goes ")) Output: ^(.?) goes (.?)$ The behaviour is basically: Put ^ at the start of the expression * Put $ at the end of the expression * Convert each occurrence of "" to "(.?)" * Non-printable characters in the range 0x01 to 0x1F become hex sequences * Non alphanumeric characters are escaped with a backslash. Note: Available in version 3.54 onwards.
VBscript example	`Note MakeRegularExpression ("* goes *")`
Jscript example	`Note (MakeRegularExpression ("* goes *"))`
Lua example	`Note (MakeRegularExpression ("* goes *"))`
Returns	`The original string converted to a regular expression.`
Introduced in version	3.54

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