wildcard

Documentation

Index

• func Match(pattern, name string) (matched bool)
• func MatchAsPatternPrefix(pattern, text string) bool
• func MatchSimple(pattern, name string) bool

Functions

func Match

func Match(pattern, name string) (matched bool)

Match - finds whether the text matches/satisfies the pattern string. supports '*' and '?' wildcards in the pattern string. unlike path.Match(), considers a path as a flat name space while matching the pattern. The difference is illustrated in the example here https://play.golang.org/p/Ega9qgD4Qz .

func MatchAsPatternPrefix

func MatchAsPatternPrefix(pattern, text string) bool

MatchAsPatternPrefix matches text as a prefix of the given pattern. Examples:

| Pattern | Text    | Match Result |
====================================
| abc*    | ab      | True         |
| abc*    | abd     | False        |
| abc*c   | abcd    | True         |
| ab*??d  | abxxc   | True         |
| ab*??d  | abxc    | True         |
| ab??d   | abxc    | True         |
| ab??d   | abc     | True         |
| ab??d   | abcxdd  | False        |

This function is only useful in some special situations.

func MatchSimple

func MatchSimple(pattern, name string) bool

MatchSimple - finds whether the text matches/satisfies the pattern string. supports '*' wildcard in the pattern and ? for single characters. Only difference to Match is that `?` at the end is optional, meaning `a?` pattern will match name `a`.