C# file wildcard search

The random value isn't in my database however, just the PrimaryKey, so I'm still unsure how I look it up. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Visual C. Sign in to vote. So basically I need to do this: System.

Substring 0, head. IsMatch fileName, regex, RegexOptions. The question was not really explicit whether it was about just matching a string against a pattern probably or against current directory.

And indeed the latter case is awful because Windows silently matches against the pattern not only the visible file names but also the hidden DOS 8. Anders Zommarin Anders Zommarin 6, 2 2 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. But two concerns: 1 Isn't the regex d. You need to convert your wildcard expression to a regular expression.

IgnoreCase ; return regex. Gabe Camarada Camarada 1 1 silver badge 9 9 bronze badges. My answer is complete. The Regex. Escape does exactly what you suggested. Sorry, Dude. I've made mistake — Camarada. Escape value. IgnoreCase ; return Regex. WildCardMatch pattern. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Tejasvi Hegde Tejasvi Hegde 2, 24 24 silver badges 20 20 bronze badges. All upper code is not correct to the end. Here is the correct code.

Remove result. Tzah Mama 1, 1 1 gold badge 13 13 silver badges 25 25 bronze badges. Active Oldest Votes. CopyTo destination.

AddRange source. Exists destination. Austin Salonen Austin Salonen 47k 15 15 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. The format i have listed reads the file and parses the directory perfectly, the problem is copying out the complete file name once finding it from the wild cards.

And it also only copies one file from the ncr. Mike, please read. All suggestions were great and thansk for all the advise but this was perfect: if checkBox3. Austin Salonen 47k 15 15 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. For the sanity of those following you, consider giving checkBox3 and textBox2 better names. Is this not just a hard-coded version of the method s Austin provided? Please Sign up or sign in to vote. See more: C 3. C how to achive string matching with wildcards?

Wildcards there are two marks, question and asterisks. How to achive this function by use C. Thank you.

Posted Sep am pucx. Add a Solution. Kenneth Haugland Sep pm. For that I would use Regular Expressions. Yep sounds like a regular expression to me too. Top Rated Most Recent. Accept Solution Reject Solution. Posted Sep am Clifford Nelson. Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov Sep pm. Interesting article, to the matter of this question.