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Match.start

startgroup

Group: Metadata

Documentation​

Returns the start grapheme index of a group.

Arguments​

  • group: the group name or number. Marked groups defined in the regex are numbered starting at 1; group 0 refers to the entire match.

Remarks​

What is a Character?​

A character is defined as an Extended Grapheme Cluster, see Unicode Standard Annex 29. This is the smallest unit that still has semantic meaning in most text-processing applications.