Getting RegExMatch syntax right

[don_24]

I have a bit of code that looks like this:

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sMatches := []
Loop, %standardCount% {
if RegExMatch(standard[A_Index], rxStrg)
   sMatches.Push(standard[A_Index])
}

standardCount is the number of items in an array containing words. For some reason I don't seem to be able to use standard.MaxIndex()

standard[1] is "case"

rxStrg is ^[c,][a;][sl][ei]

But "case" is not appended to the new array sMatches as I wanted.

My syntax must be wrong but I haven't been able to find the error. To do with ""s I think but I have experimented with that and no joy so far.

[Datapoint]

For some reason I don't seem to be able to use standard.MaxIndex()

Try the for-loop or loop like here. I would usually use a for-loop for an array. Both work.

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standard := ["case", "b", "c"]

for myKey, myVal in standard {
	MsgBox % myKey "`n" myVal
}

; Or use a % to force an expression. https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v1/Variables.htm#percent-space
; Honestly if you are new to AHK, I would suggest learning v2 instead since it eliminates this confusing bit of syntax.
Loop, % standard.MaxIndex() {
	MsgBox % A_Index "`n" standard[A_Index]
}

The regular expression you have seems like it would work:

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for myKey, myVal in standard {
	if RegExMatch(myVal, "^[c,][a;][sl][ei]", x)
		MsgBox % myVal " found."
}

[don_24]

Thanks. The problem was that I had created the array in the main part of the code but was trying to query it in a function.