A question about "MatchesMask"

[bonmario]

Hi,

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MatchesMask('pplpw03', 'pplpw03');       ====> True
MatchesMask('pplpw03', 'pplpw??');       ====> True
MatchesMask('pplpw03', 'pplpw*');        ====> True
MatchesMask('pplpw03', 'pplpw??.*');     ====> False
MatchesMask('pplpw03', 'pplpw*.*');      ====> False

is correct that the result of last 2 MatchesMask is false or it's a bug?

Thanks, Mario

[Leledumbo]

Correct.

In the 4th case, 'pplpw03' only matches up to 'pplpw??', while the mask still expects a '.' and optionally something else.

5th case is the same as 4, only the single character mask (?) is changed to 0 or more (non-greedy) character mask (*).

[bonmario]

Ok, i have a problem !!!

My program receive a list of file names. The user puts in a TEdit a mask for file names and the program must extract from the list only the files that matches the mask.
In the example of my first post, in all cases they must be extracted.

How can i do it?

Thanks in advance, Mario

[Mando]

You can do this:

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v:=MatchesMask('pplpw03', 'pplpw03');
v:=v or MatchesMask('pplpw03', 'pplpw??');
v:=v or MatchesMask('pplpw03', 'pplpw*');
v:=v or MatchesMask('pplpw03', 'pplpw??.*');
v:=v or MatchesMask('pplpw03', 'pplpw*.*');   



regards.