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How can 'string match' a *?

2004-03-31T20:09:29-04:00

And since the parser itself performs backslash substitution, you'll need to escape the backslash to get one through to to the command.
Code:
string match *\\** a*a

or alternatively, supply braces to eliminate the interpretter from implicitly interpretting special characters itself...

Code:

string match {*\**} a*a

Statistics: Posted by strikelight — Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:09 pm

How can 'string match' a *?

2004-03-31T04:19:59-04:00

It works, thanks

Statistics: Posted by Xpert — Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:19 am

How can 'string match' a *?

2004-03-31T04:10:59-04:00

http://tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/string.htm#M35

\x
Matches the single character x. This provides a way of avoiding the special interpretation of the characters *?[]\ in pattern

And since the parser itself performs backslash substitution, you'll need to escape the backslash to get one through to to the command.

Code:

string match *\\** a*a

Statistics: Posted by user — Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:10 am

How can 'string match' a *?

2004-03-31T03:55:58-04:00

How can i string match a *?
(ex: string match a '+' = [string match "*+*" "*$text*"])

Statistics: Posted by Xpert — Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:55 am