match(String,String) -- regular expression matching

Synopsis

• Usage:

  match(p,s)

• Function: match
• Inputs:

  • p, a string, a regular expression describing a pattern
  • s, a string, a subject string to be searched
• Outputs:

  • a Boolean value, whether the pattern p matches a substring of the string s.

Description

i1 : match ("asd", "--asd--")

o1 = true

i2 : match ("asd", "--as--")

o2 = false

See also

• regular expressions
• regex -- regular expression matching
• replace -- regular expression replacement