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SAP MATCH FUNCTIONS documentation, setup help and example usage
ARTICLE
match - Match Function
The match function returns a subfield of a character-like argument that matches a regular expression.
Syntax
... match( val = text regex = regex [
case = case ] [
occ = occ ] ) ...
Effect
The match function scans text
for the matches (specified in
occ ) with the regular expression (specified in regex
) and returns the substring found. The search is case-sensitive by default, but this can be overridden using the parameter case .
The return code has the type string .
Example
Refer to string functions, count
, find , and match .
Runtime Exceptions
Catchable Exceptions
CX_SY_REGEX_TOO_COMPLEX
Reason for error: More information: Exceptions
in Regular Expressions .
Runtime error: REGEX_TOO_COMPLEX
CX_SY_STRG_PAR_VAL
Reason for error: Regular expression in regex is empty or there are
0 occurrences in occ .
Runtime error: STRG_ILLEGAL_PAR
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