There is a function to use pattern matching (using regular expressions) in C++?

Question

There is a simple C++ method to use pattern matching on strings? The code should sound like this:

if (regexpcmp(\"l?nole*[0-9]\", \"linoleum1\")) {
  //we ha         


        

Answer 1

Take boost.regex friend. if you are not allowed to use boost (sadly, there are still companies doing this), you could look into pcrecpp, which is a C++ binding developed by google for the famous PCRE library.