@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Possible expressions are:
``if(<variable|string> MATCHES regex)``
True if the given string or variable's value matches the given regular
- expression.
+ expression. See :ref:`Regex Specification` for regex format.
``if(<variable|string> LESS <variable|string>)``
True if the given string or variable's value is a valid number and less
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ The replace expression may refer to paren-delimited subexpressions of the
match using ``\1``, ``\2``, ..., ``\9``. Note that two backslashes (``\\1``)
are required in CMake code to get a backslash through argument parsing.
+.. _`Regex Specification`:
+
Regex Specification
"""""""""""""""""""