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

A standard regex library (that is based on boost::regex) is available in the TR1 namespace if you use lasts versions of the most used compilers : std::tr1::regex.