Tcl_StringMatch(3) Tcl Tcl_StringMatch(3)
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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
*?\[].
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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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