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Tcl Library Procedures                      Tcl_StringMatch(3TCL)



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NAME
     Tcl_StringMatch, Tcl_StringCaseMatch - test whether a string
     matches a pattern

SYNOPSIS
     #include 

     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  spe-
                                               cial    characters
                                               from    the    set
                                               *?\[].

     int          nocase             (in)      Specifies  whether
                                               the  match  should
                                               be   done    case-
                                               sensitive  (0)  or
                                               case-insensitive
                                               (1).
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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.                                                      |

     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




Tcl                     Last change: 8.1                        1






Tcl Library Procedures                      Tcl_StringMatch(3TCL)



ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

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    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE|
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    | Availability       |  runtime/tcl-8  |
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    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted    |
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NOTES
     Source for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org.









































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