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match(+Pattern, +String)
A substring of String matches the regular expression Pattern
- Pattern
- A string (or a compiled pattern handle)
- String
- A string
Description
	Succeeds if all or a substring of String matches the regular
	expression Pattern. For the description of regular expressions
	see the library(regex) page.
	
    	Equivalent to match(Pattern, String, []).
    
Modes and Determinism
Fail Conditions
String does not match Pattern
Examples
    ?- match("aca", "abracadabra").
    Yes
    ?- match("^a[cd]a$", "abracadabra").
    No
    ?- match("^a[cd]a$", "ada").
    Yes
    
See Also
library(regex), match / 3, match / 4, matchsub / 4, matchall / 4, split / 4, compile_pattern / 3