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CREGEXP-NUMGROUPS
The CREGEXP-NUMGROUPS function returns the number of substrings that matched any subgroups in the regular expression.
Syntax
 CALL "C$REGEXP" USING CREGEXP-NUMGROUPS
                       matchHandle
                GIVING returnCode
Parameters:
CREGEXP-NUMGROUPS
Constant
 
matchHandle
USAGE HANDLE
The handle returned by CREGEXP-MATCH
Return code:
returnCode can be any signed numeric data item and provides additional information:
0
Operation failed.
Call the CREGEXP-LAST-ERROR function for more details.
>0
Number of matches found.