Until recently, you could easily use std.regexp.search(target_string,
find_string), but regexp is apparently no longer in phobos. I seek a simple
substitute. std.algorithm.canFind might work, as
it is bool.
Maybe try something like:
foreach(str; strings)
foreach(fls; system_files)
if(std.algorithm.canFind(fls, str)) // usage needs verification
str ~= ".ext";
== Repost the article of Jonathan M Davis ([email protected])
== Posted at 2011/07/15 22:03 to digitalmars.D.learn
On�Saturday�16�July�2011�01:17:36�Andrej�Mitrovic�wrote:
>�Is�there�any�such�method�in�Phobos?
>
>�I�have�to�rename�some�files�based�on�a�string�array�of�known�names
>�which�need�to�be�fuzzy-matched�to�file�names�and�then�rename�the�files
>�to�the�matches.
>
>�E.g.:
>
>�string[]�strings�=�["food",�"lamborghini",�"architecture"]
>
>�files�on�system:
>�.\foo.ext
>�.\lmbrghinione.ext
>�.\archtwo.ext
>
>�and�if�there's�a�fuzzy�match�then�the�matched�files�would�be�renamed�to:
>�.\food.ext
>�.\lamborghini.ext
>�.\architecture.ext
>
>�Perhaps�there's�a�C�library�I�can�use�for�this?
You�can�pass�a�comparator�function�to�cmp�to�change�how�comparison�is�done,
but�it's�by�character,�so�it'll�only�work�in�the�case�where�the�number�of
characters�is�identical.�Other�than�that,�I'd�be�tempted�to�say�that�there
must�be�a�function�in�std.range�or�std.algorithm�that�you�could�get�to�do�it,
but�I'd�have�to�go�over�the�list�and�really�think�about�it.�The�fact�that
you're�effectively�comparing�the�whole�range�at�once�instead�of�just
characters�makes�that�a�lot�harder�though.
-�Jonathan�M�Davis
