Patch #1805208: move matchString to Common::Util

svn-id: r29154

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/util.cpp b/common/util.cpp
index 8bf704456a..eaef9ce0b5 100644
--- a/common/util.cpp
+++ b/common/util.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,39 @@ extern bool isSmartphone(void);
 
 namespace Common {
 
+bool matchString(const char *str, const char *pat) {
+	const char *p = 0;
+	const char *q = 0;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		switch (*pat) {
+		case '*':
+			p = ++pat;
+			q = str;
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			if (*pat != *str) {
+				if (p) {
+					pat = p;
+					str = ++q;
+					if (!*str)
+						return !*pat;
+					break;
+				}
+				else
+					return false;
+			}
+			// fallthrough
+		case '?':
+			if (!*str)
+				return !*pat;
+			pat++;
+			str++;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 //
 // Print hexdump of the data passed in
 //