SimpleSyntaxToRegExpr function

In unit LazStringUtils

Creates a regular expression from a filter expression used in IDE dialogs.

Declaration

pascal

function SimpleSyntaxToRegExpr(const Src: string): string

Description

Ensures that characters in Src are converted to the notation needed for regular expressions, including '.', ',', ';', '*', '+', '?', and '\'. The return value is enclosed in a regex single line expression ('^(...)$').

Used in the implementation of the Clean Directory and Change Encoding dialogs in the Lazarus IDE.

An experiment, built from Lazarus main 2dfa93c66e of 10-22-2026. Not the official Lazarus documentation.