Name
Matches Collection Object
Description
The collection of zero or more Match objects returned by the RegExp object’s Execute method; each Match object allows you to identify and manipulate one of the strings found by the regular expression.
Createable
No.
Returned by
Properties
The Matches collection object supports the following two properties:
- Count
Data Type: Long
Indicates the number of objects in the collection. A value of zero indicates that the collection is empty. The property is read-only.
- Item
Syntax:
Matches.Item(
index
)
Data Type: Match object
Returns a particular Match object based on
index
, its ordinal position in the collection. Matches is a zero-based collection; that is, its first member is at ordinal position 0, while its last member is at ordinal positionMatches.Count
- 1
.
Example
See the example for the Match object.
See Also
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