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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
StringMatchQ
StringMatchQ["string", patt]
tests whether 
matches the string pattern patt.
StringMatchQ["string", RegularExpression["regex"]]
tests whether 
matches the specified regular expression.
StringMatchQ[{s1, s2, ...}, p]
gives the list of results for each of the 
.
Details and Options
- StringMatchQ allows both ordinary StringExpression string patterns, as well as abbreviated string patterns containing the following metacharacters:
-
* zero or more characters @ one or more characters, excluding uppercase letters \\*, etc. literal *, etc. - Verbatim["p"] specifies the verbatim string
, with 
and 
treated literally. - Setting the option IgnoreCase->True makes StringMatchQ treat lowercase and uppercase letters as equivalent.
- Setting the option SpellingCorrection->True makes StringMatchQ allow strings to match even if a small fraction of their characters are different.
New in 1 | Last modified in 5.1
