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- From: rseichter@darkness.gun.de (Ralph Seichter)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Need pattern matching search algorithim!
- Message-ID: <zpefaNphc1@darkness.gun.de>
- Organization: DARKNESS Public Mailbox, Kerpen, Germany
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:54:00 +0100
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- lahurst@unix1.tcd.ie (Leon Hurst) wrote:
-
- > I am looking for a string searching algorithim which
- > handles wildcards. As follows:
- >
- > * means any one character.
- > # means a string of arbitary characters of any lenght.
-
- I suggest you to refer to your dos.library AutoDocs [ParsePattern() and
- related functions]. From V36 on, pattern matching in the way you described
- above is included in the dos.library, so there should be no need to develop
- your own routines.
-
- Ralph
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