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authorMike Frysinger2009-04-07 06:03:22 +0000
committerMike Frysinger2009-04-07 06:03:22 +0000
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implement support for parameter substitution via #/% operators
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+/* match.h - interface to shell ##/%% matching code */
+
+typedef char *(*scan_t)(char *string, char *match, bool zero);
+
+char *scanleft(char *string, char *match, bool zero);
+char *scanright(char *string, char *match, bool zero);
+
+static inline scan_t pick_scan(char op1, char op2, bool *zero)
+{
+ /* # - scanleft
+ * ## - scanright
+ * % - scanright
+ * %% - scanleft
+ */
+ if (op1 == '#') {
+ *zero = true;
+ return op1 == op2 ? scanright : scanleft;
+ } else {
+ *zero = false;
+ return op1 == op2 ? scanleft : scanright;
+ }
+}