Function

GLibpattern_match_string

Declaration

gboolean
g_pattern_match_string (
  GPatternSpec* pspec,
  const gchar* string
)

Description

Matches a string against a compiled pattern. If the string is to be matched against more than one pattern, consider using g_pattern_match() instead while supplying the reversed string.

Deprecated since:	2.70
Use `g_pattern_spec_match_string()` instead.

Parameters

`pspec`	`GPatternSpec`
	A `GPatternSpec`.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`string`	`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

Returns:	`gboolean`
	`TRUE` if `string` matches `pspec`.