Match a string against a regular expression
Integer_Type string_match(String_Type str, String_Type pat, Integer_Type pos)
The string_match
function returns zero if str
does not
match regular expression specified by pat
. This function
performs the match starting at position pos
(numbered from 1) in
str
. This function returns the position of the start of the
match. To find the exact substring actually matched, use
string_match_nth
.
string_match_nth, strcmp, strncmp