Function

GLibpattern_match_simple

Declaration 

gboolean
g_pattern_match_simple (
  const gchar* pattern,
  const gchar* string
)

Description

Matches a string against a pattern given as a string. If this function is to be called in a loop, it’s more efficient to compile the pattern once with g_pattern_spec_new() and call g_pattern_match_string() repeatedly.

Parameters

pattern

Type: const gchar*

The UTF-8 encoded pattern.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
string

Type: const gchar*

The UTF-8 encoded string to match.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE if string matches pspec.