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Groovy v příkladech: objektově orientované programování

A ono to funguje aj v Groovy. Chybne som myslel, ze v Groovy sa pouziva namiesto perlovskeho operatora =~ operator ==~ Ale je to tam takisto ako v Perle t.j. =~
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Groovy also supports the =~ (create Matcher) and ==~ (matches regex) operators.
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Since a Matcher coerces to a boolean by calling its find method, the =~ operator is consistent with the simple use of Perl's =~ operator, when it appears as a predicate (in 'if', 'while', etc.). The "stricter-looking" ==~ operator requires an exact match of the whole subject string.