String comparison by template, something like str=="us*", where * is mean any symbol

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Would somebody suggest:
string comparison by template, something like str==“us*”, where * is mean any symbol

thanks

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regex? http://julia.cookbook.tips/doku.php?id=regex

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julia> occursin(r"^us.*", "usage")
true

julia> occursin(r"^us.*", "bus")
false
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thanks =)

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Just FYI, if you’re only interested in strings that start with "us", there’s a specialized function on string for that:

julia> startswith("usage", "us")
true

I only mention it, because this approach is faster than a regexp match for this limited case (though, obviously not as flexible).

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