Method matches

tinydb/queries.py:332–347

Run a regex test against a dict value (whole string has to match). >>> Query().f1.matches(r'^\\w+$') :param regex: The regular expression to use for matching :param flags: regex flags to pass to ``re.match``

(self, regex: str, flags: int = 0)

        )

    def matches(self, regex: str, flags: int = 0) -> QueryInstance:
        """
        Run a regex test against a dict value (whole string has to match).

        >>> Query().f1.matches(r'^\\w+$')

        :param regex: The regular expression to use for matching
        :param flags: regex flags to pass to ``re.match``
        """
        def test(value):
            if not isinstance(value, str):
                return False

            return re.match(regex, value, flags) is not None

        return self._generate_test(test, ('matches', self._path, regex))

    def search(self, regex: str, flags: int = 0) -> QueryInstance:
        """