How do I check if a filename matches a wildcard pattern

Question

I\'ve got a wildcard pattern, perhaps \"*.txt\" or \"POS??.dat\".

I also have list of filenames in memory that I need to compare to that pattern.

How would

Answer 1

The use of RegexOptions.IgnoreCase will fix it.

public class WildcardPattern : Regex {
    public WildcardPattern(string wildCardPattern)
        : base(ConvertPatternToRegex(wildCardPattern), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase) {
    }

    public WildcardPattern(string wildcardPattern, RegexOptions regexOptions)
        : base(ConvertPatternToRegex(wildcardPattern), regexOptions) {
    }

    private static string ConvertPatternToRegex(string wildcardPattern) {
        string patternWithWildcards = Regex.Escape(wildcardPattern).Replace("\\*", ".*");
        patternWithWildcards = string.Concat("^", patternWithWildcards.Replace("\\?", "."), "$");
        return patternWithWildcards;
    }
}