exact()

Exact

Looks for an exact match, with unmatched preceding or trailing characters, of a regular expression to a string.

The regular expression can be in argument one or two.

Data signatures
exact( all headers: , regex: $${\color{green}str}$$ )
exact( str or regex: $${\color{green}str}$$ ǁ '' ǁ $${\color{green}None}$$, str or regex: $${\color{green}str}$$ ǁ '' ǁ $${\color{green}None}$$, [group: $${\color{green}int}$$] )

Call signatures
exact( all headers: Headers, regex: Term ǁ Variable ǁ Header ǁ Function ǁ Reference )
exact( str or regex: Term ǁ Variable ǁ Header ǁ Function ǁ Reference, str or regex: Term ǁ Variable ǁ Header ǁ Function ǁ Reference, [group: Term ǁ Variable ǁ Header ǁ Function ǁ Reference] )

Purpose	Value
Main focus	exact() determines if lines match

Context	Qualifier
Match qualifiers	onmatch, asbool
Value qualifiers	onmatch

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