Tcl_StringMatch(3) Tcl Library Procedures Tcl_StringMatch(3)______________________________________________________________________________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 pat‐
tern. 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
TclTcl_StringMatch(3)
