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1 /* rpmatch - determine whether string value is affirmation or negative
2 response according to current locale's data
3 Copyright (C) 1996 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 #ifdef 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 #ifdef WITH_REGEX
34 # include <regex.h>
35 #else
36 # include <rx.h>
37 #endif
39 #if ENABLE_NLS
40 # include <libintl.h>
41 # define _(Text) gettext (Text)
42 #else
43 # define _(Text) Text
44 #endif
46 static int
47 try (response, pattern, match, nomatch, lastp, re)
48 const char *response;
49 const char *pattern;
50 const int match;
51 const int nomatch;
52 const char **lastp;
53 regex_t *re;
55 if (pattern != *lastp)
57 /* The pattern has changed. */
58 if (*lastp)
60 /* Free the old compiled pattern. */
61 regfree (re);
62 *lastp = NULL;
64 /* Compile the pattern and cache it for future runs. */
65 if (regcomp (re, pattern, REG_EXTENDED) != 0)
66 return -1;
67 *lastp = pattern;
70 /* See if the regular expression matches RESPONSE. */
71 return regexec (re, response, 0, NULL, 0) == 0 ? match : nomatch;
75 int
76 rpmatch (response)
77 const char *response;
79 /* Match against one of the response patterns, compiling the pattern
80 first if necessary. */
82 /* We cache the response patterns and compiled regexps here. */
83 static const char *yesexpr, *noexpr;
84 static regex_t yesre, nore;
85 int result;
87 return ((result = try (response, _("^[yY]"), 1, 0,
88 &yesexpr, &yesre))
89 ? result
90 : try (response, _("^[nN]"), 0, -1, &noexpr, &nore));