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From: sboisen@bbn.com (Sean Boisen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: looking for regexp matching code
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Date: 17 Jan 91 16:22:09 GMT
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I'm looking for code that matches a regexp-type pattern against a
list: an example use (assuming some special variables like ?* matches
0 or more elements, ?. matches any single element, etc.)  might be:

	(regexp-match-p '(?* b ?. d) '(a b c d)) ==> t

	(regexp-match-p '(b ?* d ?*) '(a b c d)) ==> nil


Anybody know of such a thing before i go hacking? The ability to
handle multiple "wildcards" that potentially match multiple elements
makes this a more challenging problem that it might look at first
glance. 
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Sean