true when text matches a regular expression · from google sheets · no excel equivalent · sheets: not yet compared

signature

REGEXMATCH(text, regular_expression)

returns: boolean

argument	required
text	required
regular_expression	required

examples

formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.

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