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 Tcl_StringMatch(3)                  Tcl                  Tcl_StringMatch(3)

 Tcl Library Procedures                               Tcl Library Procedures





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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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