Searching a string based on a regex/pattern string

[left sage]

Hello! I am writing a developer console for my game and I need to check for a string/regex pattern before a message is logged/pushed to the console, but I cannot seem to figure out the solution.

consoleRegex = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-_+=<>.,/\|{}[]12345678910 ";

   static PushMessage = function( msg, ignore_history = false ) {
        /* 
            BUG:
                Filtered messages do not get pushed.
        */
        var _message = string_lower( msg );
        var _regex = string_split( consoleRegex, "" );
        var _filtered_msg = string( "" );
        
        for( var i = 1; i <= array_length( _message ); ++i ) {
            var _char = string_char_at( _message, i );
            
            if ( string_pos( _char, _regex ) > 0 ) {
                _filtered_msg += _char;
            }
        }
        
        if ( string_length( _message ) > 0 ) {
            if ( array_length( consoleLog ) < consoleMaxLog ) {
                array_push( consoleLog, _message );
                
                if ( !ignore_history ) {
                    array_push( consoleHistory, _message ); 
                }
            }
            else {
                // Shift the array if the log and history are full.
                array_shift( consoleLog );
                array_push( consoleLog, _message );
                
                if ( !ignore_history ) {
                    array_shift( consoleHistory );
                    array_push( consoleHistory, _message );
                }
            }
        }
    }   

[agile salmon]

which scope is consoleLog defined in

[left sage]

scoped to the constructor

[left sage]

ugh I figured it out