Matching Rules

Matching Rules let you define flexible search patterns for identifying text in IguanaX. IguanaX supports glob expression (*), sequence matching, SQL-like boolean operators, and regular expressions, so you can build rules ranging from basic keyword searches to more precise conditional matches.

By default, space-separated terms are treated as an ordered sequence. For example, #dev #test matches text where #dev appears before #test. You can combine terms with boolean operators such as AND, OR, and NOT to create more expressive rules.

Boolean operator precedence is as follows (highest to lowest):

NOT (unary, right associative)
AND (binary, left-associative)
OR (binary, left-associative)

To use regex, simply enclose the expression in slash characters /<regex>/.

IguanaX does not support the V6 bang regex syntax !<regex> use /<regex>/ instead

The table below provides an overview of example pattern matching techniques you can use and combine to create a matching rule. Combination examples are provided.

Type	Sample	Description

Type	Sample	Description
Wildcard	`*`	Apply to all components.
Wildcard	`#dev*`	Apply to components with `#dev` followed by 0 or more characters
Sequence Matching	`#prod #dev`	Apply to components containing `#prod #dev` in order
OR	`#prod OR #dev`	Apply to components with either `#prod` or `#dev` tags.
AND	`#prod AND #dev`	Apply to components with both `#prod` and `#dev` tags.
NOT	`NOT #prod`	Apply to components without the `#prod` tag.
Combination	`#prod #dev AND #supp`	Apply to components containing the sequence `#prod` `#dev` and also `#supp`
Combination	`#prod #dev OR #supp`	Apply to components containing the sequence `#prod #dev` or `#supp`
Combination	`#prod AND NOT #dev #supp`	Apply to components containing `#prod` and not the sequence `#dev #supp`