decc$match_wild

Matches a string to a pattern.

Format

#include  <unixlib.h>

int decc$match_wild  (char *test_string, char
                     *string_pattern);

Arguments

test_string

The address of a null-terminated string.

string_pattern

The address of a string containing the pattern to be matched. This pattern can contain wildcards (such as asterisks (*), question marks (?), and percent signs (%) as well as regular expressions (such as the range [a-z]).

Description

Return Values

1 (TRUE)	The string matches the pattern.
0 (FALSE)	The string does not match the pattern.

Example

#include <unixlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
        {
        if ( decc$match_wild( argv[1], argv[2] ) )
              printf( "\n%s matches %s", argv[1], argv[2] );
        else
              printf( "\n%s does not match %s", argv[1], argv[2] );
        }