Functions / String Functions And Operators

regexp_instr

Returns the position within string where the N'th match of the POSIX regular expression pattern occurs, or zero if there is no such match; see Section 9.7.3.

Reading PG 18current·documented in 6 of 27 versions, 15 to 20

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Signatures & examples

regexp_instr ( string text, pattern text [, start integer [, N integer [, endoption integer [, flags text [, subexpr integer ] ] ] ] ] ) → integer

Returns the position within string where the N'th match of the POSIX regular expression pattern occurs, or zero if there is no such match; see Section 9.7.3.

regexp_instr('ABCDEF', 'c(.)(..)', 1, 1, 0, 'i') → 3

regexp_instr('ABCDEF', 'c(.)(..)', 1, 1, 0, 'i', 2) → 5

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14 → 15 added

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