Groovy Patterns - I just forget!

 http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html



def thePattern = /foo/
def theString = "boo foo";
def theMatcher = theString=~thePattern


//1.
//it's "true" if it has at least one match,
if( theString =~ thePattern){
println "true";
}else{
println "false"
}


//2.
//print the the matcher to see
println theMatcher;
//note theMatcher is an array
println theMatcher[0];


//3
def stringToMatch = '''abc quick brownfox ? blah blah'''

def myPattern = /blah/

def m = stringToMatch=~myPattern
println m[0] + m.size()