NAME

Tcl_StringMatch − test whether a string matches a pattern

SYNOPSIS

#include <tcl.h>
int
Tcl_StringMatch(string, pattern)

ARGUMENTS

char ∗string (in)
String to test.

char ∗pattern (in)
Pattern to match against string.  May contain special characters from the set ∗?\[].

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. 
 

KEYWORDS

match, pattern, string

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