# $EPIC: regexec.txt,v 1.3 2009/03/21 05:06:18 zwhite Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$[[regexec]](<value returned by regcomp> <string>)

======Technical:======
Attempts to match a string against a pre-compiled regex.

See the [[regex]] page for more info.

======Returns:======
Returns 0 if the string is matched by the compiled pattern.

Returns non-zero for any error.  The return code can be passed to 
[[regerror]] for specific information.  Particularly, return value '1'
means the pattern did not match the regular expression.

======History======
This function first appeared in epic4-1.029.