osf1 man page for rpmatch

Query: rpmatch

OS: osf1

Section: 3

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rpmatch(3)						     Library Functions Manual							rpmatch(3)

NAME
rpmatch - Determines whether a response is affirmative or negative
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc.a)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h> int rpmatch( const char *response);
PARAMETERS
User input entered in response to a question that requires an affirmative or negative answer.
DESCRIPTION
The rpmatch() function determines whether the string value of the response parameter matches the affirmative or negative response expres- sion as specified by the LC_MESSAGES category in the program's current locale. Both response expressions, defined in the locale, may be extended regular expressions. A possible value of the affirmative expression, yesexpr, for a English-language locale is "^([yY]|[yY][eE][sS])". This expression will match any value of the response parameter that has consists of the letter Y (in uppercase or lowercase) or the letters YES (in any mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters).
EXAMPLES
The following example requests a response from the user and uses the rpmatch() function to determine if the response is affirmative or neg- ative. #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <locale.h> #include <string.h> #define SLENGTH 80 main() { char str[SLENGTH], *eol; int ans; (void)setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); printf("Do you want to perform this operation: "); fgets(str, SLENGTH, stdin); if ((eol = strchr(str, ' ')) != NULL) *eol = ''; /* Replace newline with null */ else return; /* Line entered too long */ ans = rpmatch(str); if (ans == 1) printf("You responded affirmatively "); else if (ans == 0) printf("You responded negatively "); else printf("Your answer did not match "); }
RETURN VALUES
A value of 1 is returned if the string value of the response parameter is matched by the affirmative expression; a value of 0 (zero) is returned if the string value of the response parameter is matched by the negative expression. If neither expression matches the string value of the response parameter, a value of -1 is returned.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: grep(1). Functions: regcomp(3), regexec(3), setlocale(3). Files: locale(4). delim off rpmatch(3)
Related Man Pages
rpmatch(3) - debian
rpmatch(3) - suse
rpmatch(3) - osf1
rpmatch(3) - x11r4
rpmatch(3) - bsd
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