Regex-based styling

The .match {content} {pattern} {replacement} ^{docs ↗} function:

1. finds every substring of inline content that matches a regular expression,
2. replaces each match with the inline content produced by a lambda.

Basic example

.match {Quarkdown takes its name from quarks} pattern:{[Qq]uark(down|s)?}
    match:
    ***.match***

The lambda runs once per matched substring, with its argument referring to the matched text.

.match {Hello, world} pattern:{world}
    ***.1***

Chained call

.match works naturally in a chain, since content is its first parameter.

.var {greeting} {Hello, world}

.greeting::match {world}
    **.1**

Inside a function extension

A common use case is rewriting a function’s output through a regex transformation. For example, you can extend .heading so every occurrence of certain words is highlighted across all headings in the document:

.extend {heading}
    content:
    .super
        .content::match {[Qq]uark(down|s)?}
            *.1::uppercase*

###! Quarkdown takes its name from quarks