REGEXTEST

whether text matches a regular expression · from excel · excel: not yet compared · no sheets equivalent

signature

REGEXTEST(text, pattern)

returns: boolean

argumentrequired
text required
pattern required

examples

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

fx =REGEXTEST("text", "text") true

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