var myExpression = new expressions.VerbalExpression();

var expression = new expressions.VerbalExpression()
  .startOfLine()
  .then("http")
  .maybe("s")
  .then("://")
  .maybe("www.")
  .anythingBut(" ")
  .endOfLine();
var url = "https://www.haxe.org/";
// test if the url matches
if (expression.isMatch(url)) {
  trace('$url is a valid URL');
} else {
  trace('$url is an invalid URL');
}
trace(expression.toString()); 
// logs the regular expression source: ^(http)(s)?(://)(www.)?([^{ }]*)$
expression.toRegex(); 
// the Haxe EReg instance

var result:String = new expressions.VerbalExpression()
    .find("bird")
    .replace("Replace bird with a duck", "duck");
    
trace(result); 
// logs "Replace duck with a duck"