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FNMatch

Check whether filename matches wildcard specification

Declaration

Source position: oldlinux.pp line 1585

function FNMatch(

  const Pattern: String;

  const Name: String

):Boolean;

Description

FNMatch returns True if the filename in Name matches the wildcard pattern in Pattern, False otherwise.

Pattern can contain the wildcards * (match zero or more arbitrary characters) or ? (match a single character).

Errors

None.

See also

FSearch

  

Search for file in search path.

FExpand

  

Expand filename to fully qualified path

Example

Program Example69;

{ Program to demonstrate the FNMatch function. }

Uses oldlinux;

  Procedure TestMatch(Pattern,Name : String);

  begin
    Write ('"',Name,'" ');
    If FNMatch (Pattern,Name) then
      Write ('matches')
    else
      Write ('does not match');
    Writeln(' "',Pattern,'".');
  end;

begin
  TestMatch('*','FileName');
  TestMatch('.*','FileName');
  TestMatch('*a*','FileName');
  TestMatch('?ile*','FileName');
  TestMatch('?','FileName');
  TestMatch('.?','FileName');
  TestMatch('?a*','FileName');
  TestMatch('??*me?','FileName');
end.
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