match

fun match(stringLength: <Error class: unknown class>, string: String, stringReversed: String? = null): Boolean

Matches a string against a compiled pattern.

Passing the correct length of the string given is mandatory. The reversed string can be omitted by passing NULL, this is more efficient if the reversed version of the string to be matched is not at hand, as method@GLib.PatternSpec.match will only construct it if the compiled pattern requires reverse matches.

Note that, if the user code will (possibly) match a string against a multitude of patterns containing wildcards, chances are high that some patterns will require a reversed string. In this case, it’s more efficient to provide the reversed string to avoid multiple constructions thereof in the various calls to method@GLib.PatternSpec.match.

Note also that the reverse of a UTF-8 encoded string can in general not be obtained by func@GLib.strreverse. This works only if the string does not contain any multibyte characters. GLib offers the func@GLib.utf8_strreverse function to reverse UTF-8 encoded strings.

Return

true if @string matches @pspec

Since

2.70

Parameters

stringLength

the length of @string (in bytes, i.e. strlen(), not func@GLib.utf8_strlen)

string

the UTF-8 encoded string to match

stringReversed

the reverse of @string