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StringMatchQ

Usage

StringMatchQ["string", patt] tests whether string matches the string pattern patt.
StringMatchQ["string", RegularExpression["regex"]] tests whether string matches the specified regular expression.
StringMatchQ[{ ,  , ... }, p] gives the list of results for each of the  .


Notes

StringMatchQ allows abbreviated string patterns containing the metacharacters * and @ in the form specified in Section A.3.13.
• Example: StringMatchQ["apppbb", "a*b"]LongRightArrow .
Verbatim["p"] specifies the verbatim string "p", with * and @ treated literally.
• Setting the option IgnoreCase -> True makes StringMatchQ treat lower- and upper-case letters as equivalent.
• Setting the option SpellingCorrection -> True makes StringMatchQ allow strings to match even if a small fraction of their characters are different.
• See Section 2.8.4.
• New in Version 1; modified in 5.1.


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