Are there named groups in Groovy regex pattern matches?

Question

Something like:

def match = \"John 19\" =~ /(&name&)\\w+ (&age&\\d+)/
def name = match.name
def age = match.age

Is there a

Answer 1

This doesn't name the groups, but a closure does parameterise the match:

("John 19" =~ /(\w+) (\d+)/).each {match, name, age ->
  println match
  println name
  println age
}

which outputs:

John 19
John
19

This is a useful reference: http://naleid.com/blog/2008/05/19/dont-fear-the-regexp/