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1 /* Determine whether string value is affirmation or negative response
2 according to current locale's data.
3 Copyright (C) 1996, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
8 any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
17 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
20 # include <config.h>
21 #endif
23 #if STDC_HEADERS || _LIBC
24 # include <stddef.h>
25 # include <stdlib.h>
26 #else
27 # ifndef NULL
28 # define NULL 0
29 # endif
30 #endif
32 #include <sys/types.h>
33 #include <regex.h>
35 #if ENABLE_NLS
36 # include <libintl.h>
37 # define _(Text) gettext (Text)
38 #else
39 # define _(Text) Text
40 #endif
42 static int
43 try (response, pattern, match, nomatch, lastp, re)
44 const char *response;
45 const char *pattern;
46 const int match;
47 const int nomatch;
48 const char **lastp;
49 regex_t *re;
51 if (pattern != *lastp)
53 /* The pattern has changed. */
54 if (*lastp)
56 /* Free the old compiled pattern. */
57 regfree (re);
58 *lastp = NULL;
60 /* Compile the pattern and cache it for future runs. */
61 if (regcomp (re, pattern, REG_EXTENDED) != 0)
62 return -1;
63 *lastp = pattern;
66 /* See if the regular expression matches RESPONSE. */
67 return regexec (re, response, 0, NULL, 0) == 0 ? match : nomatch;
71 int
72 rpmatch (response)
73 const char *response;
75 /* Match against one of the response patterns, compiling the pattern
76 first if necessary. */
78 /* We cache the response patterns and compiled regexps here. */
79 static const char *yesexpr, *noexpr;
80 static regex_t yesre, nore;
81 int result;
83 return ((result = try (response, _("^[yY]"), 1, 0,
84 &yesexpr, &yesre))
85 ? result
86 : try (response, _("^[nN]"), 0, -1, &noexpr, &nore));