Wednesday 28 June 2017

wildcard pattern matching algorithm

int main()
{
   char *string = "hereheroherr";
   char *pattern = "*hero*";
   if(wildcard(string, pattern)==TRUE)
    {
        printf("\nMatch Found!\n");
    }
    else
     {
       printf("\nMatch not found!\n");
      }
    return(0);
}
 
int wildcard(char *string, char *pattern)
{ 
 
  while(*string)
  {
    switch(*pattern)
     {
        case '*':
            do {
              ++pattern;
               }while(*pattern == '*');
            if(!*pattern) return(TRUE);
           
         default : 
            if(*string!=*pattern)return(FALSE); break;
      }
     ++pattern;
     ++string;
  }
 while (*pattern == '*') ++pattern;
 return !*pattern;
} 

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