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diff --git a/doc/StrMatch.3 b/doc/StrMatch.3 index 09cd6df..4d13379 100644 --- a/doc/StrMatch.3 +++ b/doc/StrMatch.3 @@ -5,25 +5,34 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: StrMatch.3,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:50 stanton Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: StrMatch.3,v 1.3 1999/05/22 01:20:11 stanton Exp $ '\" .so man.macros -.TH Tcl_StringMatch 3 "" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.TH Tcl_StringMatch 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" .BS .SH NAME -Tcl_StringMatch \- test whether a string matches a pattern +Tcl_StringMatch, Tcl_StringCaseMatch \- test whether a string matches a pattern .SH SYNOPSIS .nf \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR .sp int \fBTcl_StringMatch\fR(\fIstring\fR, \fIpattern\fR) +.VS 8.1 +.sp +\fBTcl_StringCaseMatch\fR(\fIstring, pattern, nocase\fR) +.VE 8.1 .SH ARGUMENTS .AP char *string in String to test. .AP char *pattern in Pattern to match against string. May contain special characters from the set *?\e[]. +.VS 8.1 +.AP int nocase in +Specifies whether the match should be done case-sensitive (0) or +case-insensitive (1). +.VE 8.1 .BE .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -34,6 +43,13 @@ a given pattern. If it does, then \fBTcl_StringMatch\fR returns used for matching is the same algorithm used in the ``string match'' Tcl command and is similar to the algorithm used by the C-shell for file name matching; see the Tcl manual entry for details. +.VS 8.1 +.PP +In \fBTcl_StringCaseMatch\fR, the algorithm is the same, but you have +the option to make the matching case-insensitive. If you choose this +(by passing \fBnocase\fR as 1), then the string and pattern are +essentially matched in the lower case. +.VE 8.1 .SH KEYWORDS match, pattern, string |