Pattern

Functions to create and match glob-like patterns. More...

Typedefs
typedef struct pattern_St	pattern_t

Functions
s4_pattern_t *	s4_pattern_create (const char *pattern, int casefold)
	Creates a new pattern.
int	s4_pattern_match (const s4_pattern_t *p, const s4_val_t *val)
	Matches a pattern against a value.
void	s4_pattern_free (s4_pattern_t *pattern)
	Frees a pattern created with s4_pattern_create.

Detailed Description

Functions to create and match glob-like patterns.

Patterns consist of normal characters and the special characters '?' and '*', where ? matches against any character while

• matches against any number of characters.

Typedef Documentation

pattern_t

typedef struct pattern_St pattern_t

Function Documentation

s4_pattern_create()

s4_pattern_t * s4_pattern_create	(	const char *	pattern,
		int	casefold )

Creates a new pattern.

Parameters

pattern	The string to use as the pattern
casefold	Match against both upper and lower case

Returns

A new pattern that may be used with s4_pattern_match. Must be freed with s4_pattern_free

Referenced by CASE().

s4_pattern_free()

void s4_pattern_free

(

s4_pattern_t *

pattern

)

Frees a pattern created with s4_pattern_create.

Parameters

pattern

The pattern to free

Referenced by CASE().

s4_pattern_match()

int s4_pattern_match	(	const s4_pattern_t *	p,
		const s4_val_t *	val )

Matches a pattern against a value.

Parameters

p	The pattern to use
val	The value to match

Returns

non-zero if the pattern matches the value, 0 otherwise