matchWildcards

Fully qualified name: omni::str::matchWildcards

Defined in omni/str/Wildcard.h

inline const char *omni::str::matchWildcards(

const char *str,

const char *const *patterns,

size_t patternsCount,

)

Attempts to match a string to a set of wildcard patterns.

Parameters:

• str – [in] The string to attempt to match to the pattern pattern. This may not be nullptr.

• patterns – [in] An array of patterns to attempt to match the string str to. Each pattern in this array has the same format as the pattern in matchWildcard(). This may not be nullptr.

• patternsCount – [in] The total number of wildcard patterns in patterns.

Returns:

The pattern that the test string str matched to if successful. Returns nullptr if the test string did not match any of the patterns.