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Is there a way to set the global regex flag?
also is this accurate?: https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax

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No, setting global regex flags is not possible atm.
You could probably get around with setting flags within groups though?

also is this accurate?: https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax

Yep, that should be correct!

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Syntax · google/re2 Wiki

RE2 is a fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python. It is a C++ library. - Syntax · google/re2 Wiki

You could probably get around with setting flags within groups though?

Setting the global flag within a group is not supported it seems

Ah sorry, I thought you meant setting regex flags in the global scope, instead of in a group scope.

Not sure why you'd need the g flag. Could you give an example?
The replace operator will for instance work in global-mode, so the g is not needed there.

Ah sorry, I thought you meant setting regex flags in the global scope, instead of in a group scope.

That was my intention at first, I've only posted that picture in respone to:

You could probably get around with setting flags within groups though?

My use case is matching characters like this:

Without the global flag the result would just be that:

And thats exactly the output of the regex_groups function ingame since its not using the global flag

The code to test with:
{"extra":[{"color":"blue","extra":[{"color":"black","text":"\n x1"},{"color":"gray","text":" | 0▤ +1\n"}],"translate":"block.astralsorcery.spectral_relay"},{"color":"blue","extra":[{"color":"black","text":"\n x4"},{"color":"gray","text":" | 0▤ +4\n"}],"translate":"block.astralsorcery.marble_chiseled"},{"color":"blue","extra":[{"color":"black","text":"\n x4"},{"color":"gray","text":" | 0▤ +4\n"}],"translate":"block.astralsorcery.marble_arch"},{"color":"blue","extra":[{"color":"black","text":"\n x1"},{"color":"gray","text":" | 0▤ +1\n"}],"translate":"block.astralsorcery.black_marble_raw"}],"text":""}

The regex to test with:
translate...\w+.\w+.\w+|x\d

The site I tested with:
https://regex101.com/r/eE6mX3/2

Could you try with regex_scan instead?

regex_scan worked with integer 0
My error was using index_of_regex and assuming the resulting integer is the index of the group that regex_scan needs
Thanks a lot for your time! :)