NAME

       Regex::quickMatch - Test whether a string matches the pattern

SYNOPSIS

       Bool quickMatch( String patt, String str, [REFlags] fl=createArray(1) )

ARGUMENTS

       patt A regular expression in String form

       str The string to be matched

       fl  A  list of Regex.REFlags (3kaya) options for the regular expression. This parameter is
       optional and defaults to the empty list.

DESCRIPTION

       Test whether str matches patt , returning true if it does and false otherwise.

    if (!quickMatch(".@.*\.[a-z]+$",email,[IgnoreCase])) {
        throw(NotAnEmailAddress);
    }

AUTHORS

       Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For
       further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later  version)  as
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

RELATED

       Regex.match (3kaya)
       Regex.quickMatch (3kaya)