/// <summary>
/// Checks to see if a string matches a wildcard pattern
/// Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/271398/what-are-your-favorite-extension-methods-for-c-codeplex-com-extensionoverflow/3527407#3527407
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">The string to check</param>
/// <param name="pattern">The wildcard pattern</param>
/// <param name="comparison"></param>
/// <returns>True if the text matches the pattern, otherwise false</returns>
public static bool MatchesWildcard(this string text, string pattern,
StringComparison comparisonType = StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
{
if (comparisonType.IsIn(
StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase,
StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase,
StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
text = text.ToLower();
pattern = pattern.ToLower();
}
int it = 0;
while (text.CharAt(it) != 0 && pattern.CharAt(it) != '*')
{
if (pattern.CharAt(it) != text.CharAt(it) && pattern.CharAt(it) != '?')
{
return(false);
}
it++;
}
int cp = 0;
int mp = 0;
int ip = it;
while (text.CharAt(it) != 0)
{
if (pattern.CharAt(ip) == '*')
{
if (pattern.CharAt(++ip) == 0)
{
return(true);
}
mp = ip;
cp = it + 1;
}
else if (pattern.CharAt(ip) == text.CharAt(it) || pattern.CharAt(ip) == '?')
{
ip++;
it++;
}
else
{
ip = mp;
it = cp++;
}
}
while (pattern.CharAt(ip) == '*')
{
ip++;
}
return(pattern.CharAt(ip) == 0);
}
