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gmatch string string
gmatch is NOT undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.
Returns a non-zero result if the pattern specified by the second argument matches the search string in the first argument. gmatch provides shell-style pattern matching, also known as "glob" matching. There are three ways to specify wild cards in this type of matching and they are as follows:| * | matches any string |
| ? | matches any single character |
| [...] | Matches any one of the enclosed characters. A pair of characters separated by - matches any character lexically between the pair, inclusive. If the first character following the opening "[ " is a "!" any character not enclosed is matched. A - can be included in the character set by putting it as the first or last character. |
| int | Matching value |
gmatch "matches" "m*s"; // Result: 1 // gmatch "matches" "mat*"; // Result: 1 // gmatch "matches" "ma[a-z]ches"; // Result: 1 // gmatch "matches" "ma[!a-m]ches"; // Result: 1 // gmatch "matches" "ma?ches"; // Result: 1 // gmatch "no match" "?atch"; // Result: 0 //