string comparison and wildcards

[questionit]

Hi

I have a string comparison code from VB.
While (Not ((myString Like "??????") And (myString Like "00*")))

All i am wondering is if we can do the similar thing in C/C++ i.e
using 'Like' keyword and doing wildcards like in above example?

[sicarie]

Hi

I have a string comparison code from VB.
While (Not ((myString Like "??????") And (myString Like "00*")))

All i am wondering is if we can do the similar thing in C/C++ i.e
using 'Like' keyword and doing wildcards like in above example?

There are a few different ways to do it in C/C++ - using a regular expression, or using string methods. It depends on what you want to match and how many times you want to match it. I would recommend looking into the string methods or Boost's Regex library (I'm sure there are others, that's just the first that comes to mind). And if you post more about what you are trying to do (how specific a match you need, how many times you need that specific a match, etc...), we can probably point you to one of those specifically - or maybe even something else entirely (if someone else sees another method I didn't put).

[questionit]

Hi

I have used those string functions in past. I dont understand if any of these can be used to do a wildcard search.

I have no specific comparison but i was wondering if something is available in C/C++ same as 'Like' Operator in VB and SQL. ?

i know if i have a specific coomparison, i would be able to put many functions together to get the result but this would be alot of work whereas 'Like' does all

There are a few different ways to do it in C/C++ - using a regular expression, or using string methods. It depends on what you want to match and how many times you want to match it. I would recommend looking into the string methods or Boost's Regex library (I'm sure there are others, that's just the first that comes to mind). And if you post more about what you are trying to do (how specific a match you need, how many times you need that specific a match, etc...), we can probably point you to one of those specifically - or maybe even something else entirely (if someone else sees another method I didn't put).

[sicarie]

Hi

I have used those string functions in past. I dont understand if any of these can be used to do a wildcard search.

I have no specific comparison but i was wondering if something is available in C/C++ same as 'Like' Operator in VB and SQL. ?

i know if i have a specific coomparison, i would be able to put many functions together to get the result but this would be alot of work whereas 'Like' does all

A regex can do a wildcard search using either the * as the all or the . as the any single tokens. Looking at the links might help.