#include <regex.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
std::string
match(const char *string, char *pattern)
{
// Adapted from:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/regcomp.html
int status;
regex_t re;
regmatch_t rm;
if (regcomp(&re, pattern, REG_EXTENDED) != 0) {
return "Bad pattern";
}
status = regexec(&re, string, 1, &rm, 0);
regfree(&re);
if (status != 0) {
return "No Match";
}
return std::string(string+rm.rm_so, string+rm.rm_eo);
}
int main(int ac, char **av) {
// e.g. usage: ./program abcdefg 'c.*f'
std::cout << match(av[1], av[2]) << "\n";
}