Don't play with matches.

This function scans string for matches to pattern, then replaces the matched text with replacement.

If this modifier is set, a dot metacharacter in the pattern matches all characters, including newlines.

These are perfect matches to one another.

She loves watching tennis matches on TV.

A negative class such as a always matches a newline character, independent of the setting of this modifier.

Searches subject for all matches to the regular expression given in pattern and puts them in matches in the order specified by flags.

I probably didn't envision him playing two matches.

Returns TRUE if value matches otherwise returns FALSE.

Splitting a string into matches and their offsets.

Ben learned to make a fire without matches.

A preliminary check by Interpol has revealed 113 possible matches between individuals on the Interpol database and those on the List, as well as 49 possible matches of groups.

Right now, this pattern matches our best current knowledge of how nature is built at the tiny scales of these elementary particles.

Tom ran out of matches so he couldn't light the fire.

There should be a box of matches in the top drawer.

Woods, who dragged himself through two matches on Saturday, showed occasional bursts of brilliance but he has now lost 19 of his 29 matches in fourballs and foursomes and seven in a row.

Fill the grid so the range of each numbered square matches the number

If no matches are found in string, then string will be returned unchanged.

We found five five best matches, which we call the five foundations of morality.

England always does well in the World Cup matches because of their strong defenders.

Jim Furyk's side need eight points from Sunday's 12 singles matches to retain the trophy.

Mickelson will pass Nick Faldo's record for the most Ryder Cup matches played on Sunday.

The Panel found that there were no matches between the client lists and the claimants in this instalment who provided pre invasion accounts purportedly prepared by these auditors.

I bring you into a room. I give you a candle, some thumbtacks and some matches.

When that momentum gets going one way, it puts a lot of pressure on those middle matches.

Statistically speaking, there is no difference in how often the Neanderthal matches one African or the other.

Only exact matches are found, eg if you search for a plural form nothing will be found.

The matches were held in July and October in the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot stadiums, respectively.

At each iteration of the subpattern, the back reference matches the character string corresponding to the previous iteration.

Otherwise, since no pattern is not present, theOtherwise, since no pattern is not present, the subpattern matches nothing.

The U.S. offered more resistance in the foursomes, winning two matches, but they could not eat into the deficit.

It was a fourth meeting of the season between the sides, with the Giants winning the previous three matches.

that matches Mr. Jones, with some spare space in his back garden, with Mrs. Smith, a would be grower.

We'd all seen matches in Kolkata, but we'd never seen anything like this Shah Rukh, with the Bengali song, getting the audiences all worked up for Kolkata not for India, but for Kolkata.

The following example demonstrates how to check whether or not given password matches the one defined in DN specified entry.

China has always supported Cambodia in taking a development path that matches its own national conditions and supported the Cambodian government's efforts

Woods lost all four of his matches in France and now has a record of 13 21 3 career Ryder Cup record.

Which means that it is irreducibly difficult to find out how it will really behave, and whether it matches our physical universe.

Returns TRUE if a match for pattern was found in string, or FALSE if no matches were found or an error occurred.

On the Day of Peace, there's thousands of football matches all played, from the favelas of Brazil to wherever it might be.

There was a time when you played cricket, you played timeless test matches, when you played on till the game got over.

If the Americans, four points down starting the 12 singles matches, get off to a hot start, Mickelson's match could prove absolutely crucial.

This sudden scarcity of an element whose symbolic and spiritual importance matches its centrality to human life will cause stress and exacerbate conflicts worldwide. Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia will be the first to be exposed.

The Giants, who have now lost four of their last five matches, are at home to Milton Keynes in their next match on Friday.

But your face was absolutely straight when you twisted the lid down on the round tin where the matches, you said, are always stowed.