C Library Functions - M_match (3)

NAME

M_match(3fp) - [M_MATCH] Basic Regular Expressions (LICENSE:PD)

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SYNOPSIS

Usage:

use M_match, only: match, amatch, getpat, makpat use M_match, only: YES, MAXPAT, MAXARG, MAXLINE, EOS, NEWLINE, ERR

DESCRIPTION

Find a string matching a regular expression.
o zero or more occurrences of the previous character

. any character

^ beginning of line

$ end of line

[] class of characters. Inside the braces
           ^  at the beginning of the class means to
              negate the class.
           -  if not the first or last character in
              the class, denotes a range of characters
Escape characters:

\\n newline

\\r carriage return

\\t tab

\\b backspace

EXAMPLES

AUTHOR

John S. Urban

REFERENCE

"Software Tools" by Kernighan and Plauger , 1976

LICENSE

Public Domain

Nemo Release 3.1

M_match (3)

February 23, 2025

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o	zero or more occurrences of the previous character
.	any character
^	beginning of line
$	end of line
[]	class of characters. Inside the braces

\\n	newline
\\r	carriage return
\\t	tab
\\b	backspace