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page_title: regexall - Functions - Configuration Language
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description: >-
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The regex function applies a regular expression to a string and returns a list
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of all matches.
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---
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# `regexall` Function
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`regexall` applies a
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[regular expression](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression)
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to a string and returns a list of all matches.
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```hcl
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regexall(pattern, string)
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```
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`regexall` is a variant of [`regex`](/language/functions/regex) and uses the same pattern
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syntax. For any given input to `regex`, `regexall` returns a list of whatever
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type `regex` would've returned, with one element per match. That is:
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- If the pattern has no capture groups at all, the result is a list of
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strings.
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- If the pattern has one or more _unnamed_ capture groups, the result is a
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list of lists.
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- If the pattern has one or more _named_ capture groups, the result is a
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list of maps.
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`regexall` can also be used to test whether a particular string matches a
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given pattern, by testing whether the length of the resulting list of matches
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is greater than zero.
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## Examples
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```
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> regexall("[a-z]+", "1234abcd5678efgh9")
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[
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"abcd",
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"efgh",
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]
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> length(regexall("[a-z]+", "1234abcd5678efgh9"))
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2
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> length(regexall("[a-z]+", "123456789")) > 0
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false
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```
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## Related Functions
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- [`regex`](/language/functions/regex) searches for a single match of a given pattern, and
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returns an error if no match is found.
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If Terraform already has a more specialized function to parse the syntax you
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are trying to match, prefer to use that function instead. Regular expressions
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can be hard to read and can obscure your intent, making a configuration harder
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to read and understand.
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