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ansible.builtin.search

Compare string against regular expression using Python’s search function.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
ignorecase	boolean (default: false)	Use case insenstive matching.
multiline	boolean (default: false)	Match against multiple lines in string.
pattern	string / required	Regex to match against.

Examples

url: "https://example.com/users/foo/resources/bar"
foundmatch: url is search("https://example.com/users/.*/resources")
alsomatch: url is search("users/.*/resources")