On 23.08.2017 22:21, Andrew Bell wrote:
Hi,Can someone please explain the cmake regex matching rules? The following returns true: if ("This is a test" MATCHES "test") I would have expected to have needed something like this to get a match: if ("This is a test" MATCHES ".*test")Does cmake always search for a subexpression? Is there some way to prevent this behaivor?
The regex syntax is documented here: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/string.html#regex-specification if ("This is a test" MATCHES "^test") Would match "test" only at the beginning of the input. Nils -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
