• Chris Bare (9/9) Feb 03 2019 auto matches = matchAll(str, searchRegex);
• Jordan Wilson (6/15) Feb 03 2019 matchAll is a forward range, whereas retro requires a

Chris Bare <chris bareflix.com> writes:

auto matches = matchAll(str, searchRegex);

foreach (m; matches) // this walks the list forward

I tried:
foreach_reverse (m; matches)
foreach (m; reverse (matches))
foreach (m; retro (matches))

and they all failed to compile.
I also tried to index matches (matches[i]) but that does not work 
either.

Jordan Wilson <wilsonjord gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 3 February 2019 at 18:07:13 UTC, Chris Bare wrote:
 auto matches = matchAll(str, searchRegex);

 foreach (m; matches) // this walks the list forward

 I tried:
 foreach_reverse (m; matches)
 foreach (m; reverse (matches))
 foreach (m; retro (matches))

 and they all failed to compile.
 I also tried to index matches (matches[i]) but that does not 
 work either.

matchAll is a forward range, whereas retro requires a 
bi-directional range.
So using the array function should work:
foreach (m; matches.array.retro)

Jordan