// of them)
bool wxString::Matches(const wxChar *pszMask) const
{
- // check char by char
- const wxChar *pszTxt;
- for ( pszTxt = c_str(); *pszMask != wxT('\0'); pszMask++, pszTxt++ ) {
+ // TODO: this is, of course, awfully inefficient...
+
+ // the char currently being checked
+ const wxChar *pszTxt = c_str();
+
+ // the last location where '*' matched
+ const wxChar *pszLastStarInText = NULL;
+ const wxChar *pszLastStarInMask = NULL;
+
+match:
+ for ( ; *pszMask != wxT('\0'); pszMask++, pszTxt++ ) {
switch ( *pszMask ) {
case wxT('?'):
if ( *pszTxt == wxT('\0') )
return FALSE;
- // pszText and pszMask will be incremented in the loop statement
+ // pszTxt and pszMask will be incremented in the loop statement
break;
case wxT('*'):
{
+ // remember where we started to be able to backtrack later
+ pszLastStarInText = pszTxt;
+ pszLastStarInMask = pszMask;
+
// ignore special chars immediately following this one
+ // (should this be an error?)
while ( *pszMask == wxT('*') || *pszMask == wxT('?') )
pszMask++;
}
// match only if nothing left
- return *pszTxt == wxT('\0');
+ if ( *pszTxt == wxT('\0') )
+ return TRUE;
+
+ // if we failed to match, backtrack if we can
+ if ( pszLastStarInText ) {
+ pszTxt = pszLastStarInText + 1;
+ pszMask = pszLastStarInMask;
+
+ pszLastStarInText = NULL;
+
+ // don't bother resetting pszLastStarInMask, it's unnecessary
+
+ goto match;
+ }
+
+ return FALSE;
}
// Count the number of chars