URGENT How to access V2 regular expressions in JS?

[chrisjj]

(Apropos viewtopic.php?p=20293#p20293 - posting here separately for visibility.)

How can I access v2 regular expressions in a JS script, please? I need V2's capture naming.

RegExp (1) provides v2 patterns on a check box, and it respects capture names:




But despite Help for JS Renaming's:

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regEx("text", "match", "replace")
  This function processes a regular expression [b]in the same way as it is done in section RegEx (1)[/b].


(my bold)

regEx() does not respect capture names:




Neither regEx2() nor regExV2() are available.

For all I can tell, this regEx behaviour may be a bug.

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Thanks.

[chrisjj]

PS

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regEx(line, "^(?<n>Date.).*$", "\\1")

gives Date:, confirming at least capturing works.

[chrisjj]

Please ignore this thread. I see the forum has cropped a pic to uselessness and prevents me from editing, so I will repost.

[chrisjj]

Workedaround version at: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7120