matches

matches() Function

Returns 1 if a string matches pattern or 0 if it does not. The pattern can be a regular expression. Matches performs a while string comparison, so the pattern must match the whole of the input string and not only part of it.

Usage

[h: val = matches(str, pattern)]

Examples

    [r: matches("This is a test", "test")]
    [r: matches("test", "test")]
    [r: matches("This is a test", ".*test")]

Returns

   0
   1

1