Java Wildcard Match wildcardMatch(String input, String pattern)

Description

Tries to match input with pattern.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	The string to be checked
pattern	The pattern to match

Return

true if the input matches the pattern, false otherwise.

Declaration

public static boolean wildcardMatch(String input, String pattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**// www.j  a v  a2  s  .c o m
     * Tries to match <b>input</b> with <b>pattern</b>. The pattern can use the
     * "*" and "?" globs to match any-char-sequence and any-char respectively.
     *
     * @param input   The string to be checked
     * @param pattern The pattern to match
     * @return <b>true</b> if the <b>input</b> matches the <b>pattern</b>,
     *         <b>false</b> otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean wildcardMatch(String input, String pattern) {
        String regex = pattern.replace("?", ".?").replace("*", ".*?");
        return input.matches(regex);
    }
}

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