https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161271

--- Comment #7 from Robert Lacroix <[email protected]> ---
-1 (for now). I would refrain from adding a compatible feature into LO-Calc
until this really hits the Windows desktop version of Excel. 

I agree in general about interoperability with Excel. However, these functions
are generally available only in the cloud and Mac versions, with appearance in
Windows as Beta.

It would surprise me for MS to implement a copy of LO-Calc's REGEX, as MS in
the past has copied features of the competition in domains where the
competition had a substantial market lead which MS could effectively
expropriate. That doesn't apply here. Furthermore, Excel product management is
more focussed on market leadership than innovation leadership. The risk to
reward ratio is too high in the enterprise desktop market, which Windows
dominates, for MS to destabilize by gambling with new functionality.

REGEXTEST Function Applies To:
   Excel for Microsoft 365
   Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/functions/regextest-function


I prefer the LO-Calc REGEX function anyway, and will shortly be submitting a
simple proposal to make it even better.

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