| FUNCTION::NGROUPS(3stap) | A collection of standard strin | FUNCTION::NGROUPS(3stap) |
function::ngroups - Number of subexpressions in the last match.
ngroups:long()
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returns the number of subexpressions from the last successful use of the =~ regex matching operator.
Note that this number includes subexpressions which are present in the regex but did not match any string; for example, given the regex “a|(b)”, the subexpressions will count the group for (b) regardless of whether it matched a string or not. Throws an error if the last use of =~ was a failed match.
| November 2020 | SystemTap Tapset Reference |