match_simple

Matches a string against a pattern given as a string.

If this function is to be called in a loop, it's more efficient to compile the pattern once with PatternSpec and call g_pattern_match_string repeatedly.

Example: Match a string against a pattern:

public static int main (string[] args) {
	// Output: ``true``
	bool res = PatternSpec.match_simple ("dilbert-????/??/??.*", "dilbert-1999/39/01.png");
	print ("%s\n", res.to_string ());

	// Output: ``true``
	res = PatternSpec.match_simple ("dilbert-????/??/??.*", "dilbert-1999/39/01.jpg");
	print ("%s\n", res.to_string ());

	// Output: ``false``
	res = PatternSpec.match_simple ("dilbert-????/??/??.*", "dilbert-1999X/39/01.jpg");
	print ("%s\n", res.to_string ());

	return 0;
}

valac --pkg glib-2.0 GLib.PatternSpec.match_simple.vala

Parameters:

pattern	the UTF-8 encoded pattern
string	the UTF-8 encoded string to match

Returns:

true if string matches pspec