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Check if a string matches a regular expression

Display "ok" if "Hello" matches /[A-Z][a-z]+/
fsharp
if (Regex.IsMatch("Hello", "[A-Z][a-z]+")) then printfn "ok"
erlang
String = "Hello", Regexp = "[A-Z][a-z]+",
is_match(String, Regexp) andalso (begin io:format("ok~n"), true end).
case re:run("Hello", "[A-Z][a-z]+") of {match, _} -> ok end.

Check if a string matches with groups

Display "two" if "one two three" matches /one (.*) three/
fsharp
let regmatch = (Regex.Match("one two three", "one (.*) three"))
if regmatch.Success then (printfn "%s" (regmatch.Groups.[1].Captures.[0].ToString()))
erlang
case re:run("one two three", "one (.*) three", [{capture, [1], list}]) of {match, Res} -> hd(Res) end.