FileSystemName.MatchesWin32Expression Method
Definition
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Verifies if the given Win32 expression matches the given name. Supports the following wildcards: '*', '?', '<', '>', '"'. The backslash character '\' escapes.
public static bool MatchesWin32Expression (ReadOnlySpan<char> expression, ReadOnlySpan<char> name, bool ignoreCase = true);
static member MatchesWin32Expression : ReadOnlySpan<char> * ReadOnlySpan<char> * bool -> bool
Public Shared Function MatchesWin32Expression (expression As ReadOnlySpan(Of Char), name As ReadOnlySpan(Of Char), Optional ignoreCase As Boolean = true) As Boolean
Parameters
- expression
- ReadOnlySpan<Char>
The expression to match with, such as "*.foo".
- name
- ReadOnlySpan<Char>
The name to check against the expression.
- ignoreCase
- Boolean
true
to ignore case (default), false
if the match should be case-sensitive.
Returns
true
if the given expression matches the given name; otherwise, false
.
Remarks
The syntax of the expression
parameter is based on the syntax used by FileSystemWatcher, which is based on RtlIsNameInExpression, which defines the rules for matching DOS wildcards ('*'
, '?'
, '<'
, '>'
, '"'
).
Matching will not correspond to Win32 behavior unless you transform the expression using TranslateWin32Expression(String).