NAME¶
Tcl_StringMatch, Tcl_StringCaseMatch - test whether a string matches a pattern
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <tcl.h>
int
Tcl_StringMatch(string, pattern)
int
Tcl_StringCaseMatch(string, pattern, nocase)
ARGUMENTS¶
- char *string (in)
- String to test.
- char *pattern (in)
- Pattern to match against string. May contain special
characters from the set *?\[].
- int nocase (in)
- Specifies whether the match should be done case-sensitive
(0) or case-insensitive (1).
DESCRIPTION¶
This utility procedure determines whether a string matches a given pattern. If
it does, then
Tcl_StringMatch returns 1. Otherwise
Tcl_StringMatch returns 0. The algorithm used for matching is the same
algorithm used in the ``string match'' Tcl command and is similar to the
algorithm used by the C-shell for file name matching; see the Tcl manual entry
for details.
In
Tcl_StringCaseMatch, the algorithm is the same, but you have the
option to make the matching case-insensitive. If you choose this (by passing
nocase as 1), then the string and pattern are essentially matched in
the lower case.
KEYWORDS¶
match, pattern, string