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First solution in Clear category for Unix Match. Part 1 by PythonLearner
import re
WILDCARDS = {"?" : ".", "*" : ".*"}
def make_regex(pattern: str, wildcards: dict) -> str:
return "".join(wildcards.get(symbol, re.escape(symbol)) for symbol in pattern)
def unix_match(filename: str, pattern: str) -> bool:
return re.search(make_regex(pattern, WILDCARDS), filename) is not None
if __name__ == '__main__':
print("Example:")
print(unix_match('somefile.txt', '*'))
# These "asserts" are used for self-checking and not for an auto-testing
assert unix_match('somefile.txt', '*') == True
assert unix_match('other.exe', '*') == True
assert unix_match('my.exe', '*.txt') == False
assert unix_match('log1.txt', 'log?.txt') == True
assert unix_match('log12.txt', 'log?.txt') == False
assert unix_match('log12.txt', 'log??.txt') == True
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March 21, 2020
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