Java Wildcard Match wildCardMatch(String text, String pattern)

Description

Performs a wildcard comparison between two strings, where pattern contains the string with wildcards and textLicense Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
text	a parameter
pattern	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean wildCardMatch(String text, String pattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Performs a wildcard comparison between two strings, where
     * <code>pattern</code> contains the string with wildcards and
     * <code>text</code contains the string to be searched.  Method originally
     * written by Adarsh Ramamurthy and can be found on his blog at the URL
     * http://www.adarshr.com/papers/wildcard
     *
        
     *
     * @param text
     * @param pattern
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean wildCardMatch(String text, String pattern) {
        // Create the cards by splitting using a RegEx. If more speed 
        // is desired, a simpler character based splitting can be done.
        String[] cards = pattern.split("\\*");

        // Iterate over the cards.
        for (String card : cards) {
            int idx = text.indexOf(card);

            // Card not detected in the text.
            if (idx == -1) {
                return false;
            }

            // Move ahead, towards the right of the text.
            text = text.substring(idx + card.length());
        }

        return true;
    }
}

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