- TIBCO BusinessEvents®
- Standard
- String

# String.matches()

## Signature

`boolean matches (String s1, String regex)`

## Domain

ACTION, CONDITION, QUERY, BUI

## Description

Tells whether or not this string matches the given regular expression. To see a description of the regular expression syntax see the java.util.regex.Pattern documentation.

## Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`s1` | `String` | A String to search.
`regex` | `String` | `s1` is to be matched.

## Returns

Type | Description
--- | ---
`boolean` | true if the String `s1` matches the regular expression `regex`, otherwise returns false.

## Cautions

none

## See Also

java.util.regex.Pattern