Re: Wild Card String Comparison

2008-08-28 Thread W. eWatson
Cameron Laird wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, W. eWatson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible to do a search for a wild card string in another string. For example, I'd like to find "v*.dat" in a string called bingo. v must be matched against only the first character in bingo, and no

Re: Wild Card String Comparison

2008-08-28 Thread Cameron Laird
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, W. eWatson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is it possible to do a search for a wild card string in another string. For >example, I'd like to find "v*.dat" in a string called bingo. v must be >matched against only the first character in bingo, and not simply found >som

Re: Wild Card String Comparison

2008-08-27 Thread Timothy Grant
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:00 PM, W. eWatson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Timothy Grant wrote: >> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:49 PM, W. eWatson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Is it possible to do a search for a wild card string in another string. >>> For >>> example, I'd like to find "v*.da

Re: Wild Card String Comparison

2008-08-27 Thread W. eWatson
Sean DiZazzo wrote: On Aug 27, 8:49 pm, "W. eWatson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible to do a search for a wild card string in another string. For example, I'd like to find "v*.dat" in a string called bingo. v must be matched against only the first character in bingo, and not simply fou

Re: Wild Card String Comparison

2008-08-27 Thread W. eWatson
Timothy Grant wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:49 PM, W. eWatson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible to do a search for a wild card string in another string. For example, I'd like to find "v*.dat" in a string called bingo. v must be matched against only the first character in bingo, and no

Re: Wild Card String Comparison

2008-08-27 Thread Timothy Grant
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:49 PM, W. eWatson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to do a search for a wild card string in another string. For > example, I'd like to find "v*.dat" in a string called bingo. v must be > matched against only the first character in bingo, and not simply found > s

Re: Wild Card String Comparison

2008-08-27 Thread Sean DiZazzo
On Aug 27, 8:49 pm, "W. eWatson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to do a search for a wild card string in another string. For > example, I'd like to find "v*.dat" in a string called bingo. v must be > matched against only the first character in bingo, and not simply found > somewhere in

Wild Card String Comparison

2008-08-27 Thread W. eWatson
Is it possible to do a search for a wild card string in another string. For example, I'd like to find "v*.dat" in a string called bingo. v must be matched against only the first character in bingo, and not simply found somewhere in bingo, as might be the case for "*v*.dat". -- Wayne