// ===========================
// Function 1
// ===========================
// Check if the string can match the wildcard. It can be used for unicode strings as well!
// C: 2004-07-24 | M: 2004-07-24
function MaskMatch(const aPattern, aSource: string): Boolean;
var
StringPtr, PatternPtr: PChar;
StringRes, PatternRes: PChar;
begin
Result := False;
StringPtr := PChar(UpperCase(aSource));
PatternPtr := PChar(UpperCase(aPattern));
StringRes := nil;
PatternRes := nil;
repeat
repeat // ohne vorangegangenes "*"
case PatternPtr^ of
#0 : begin
Result := StringPtr^ = #0;
if Result or (StringRes = nil) or (PatternRes = nil) then Exit;
StringPtr := StringRes;
PatternPtr := PatternRes;
Break;
end;
'*': begin
Inc(PatternPtr);
PatternRes := PatternPtr;
Break;
end;
'?': begin
if StringPtr^ = #0 then Exit;
Inc(StringPtr);
Inc(PatternPtr);
end;
else begin
if StringPtr^ = #0 then Exit;
if StringPtr^ <> PatternPtr^ then
begin
if (StringRes = nil) or (PatternRes = nil) then Exit;
StringPtr := StringRes;
PatternPtr := PatternRes;
Break;
end else
begin
Inc(StringPtr);
Inc(PatternPtr);
end;
end;
end;
until False;
repeat // mit vorangegangenem "*"
case PatternPtr^ of
#0 : begin
Result := True;
Exit;
end;
'*': begin
Inc(PatternPtr);
PatternRes := PatternPtr;
end;
'?': begin
if StringPtr^ = #0 then Exit;
Inc(StringPtr);
Inc(PatternPtr);
end;
else begin
repeat
if StringPtr^ = #0 then Exit;
if StringPtr^ = PatternPtr^ then Break;
Inc(StringPtr);
until False;
Inc(StringPtr);
StringRes := StringPtr;
Inc(PatternPtr);
Break;
end;
end;
until False;
until False;
end;
// ===========================
// Function 2
// ===========================
function _MatchPattern(aPattern, aSource: PChar): Boolean;
begin
Result := True;
while (True) do
begin
case aPattern[0] of
#0 : begin
//End of pattern reached.
Result := (aSource[0] = #0); //TRUE if end of aSource.
Exit;
end;
'*': begin //Match zero or more occurances of any char.
if (aPattern[1] = #0) then
begin
//Match any number of trailing chars.
Result := True;
Exit;
end else
Inc(aPattern);
while (aSource[0] <> #0) do
begin
//Try to match any substring of aSource.
if (_MatchPattern(aSource, aPattern)) then
begin
Result := True;
Exit;
end;
//Continue testing next char...
Inc(aSource);
end;
end;
'?': begin //Match any one char.
if (aSource[0] = #0) then
begin
Result := False;
Exit;
en