Function

GLibpattern_match_string

deprecated: 2.70 since: 2.0

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.

Available since: 2.0

Deprecated since: 2.70

Use g_pattern_spec_match_string() instead.

This function is not directly available to language bindings.

Parameters

pspec

Type: GPatternSpec

A GPatternSpec.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

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.