rpmatch - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 3
Updated : 2023-02-05
Source : Linux man-pages 6.03

NAMErpmatch − determine if the answer to a question is affirmative or negative

LIBRARYStandard C library (libc, −lc)

SYNOPSIS#include <stdlib.h>int rpmatch(const char *response);Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): rpmatch(): Since glibc 2.19: _DEFAULT_SOURCE glibc 2.19 and earlier: _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTIONrpmatch() handles a user response to yes or no questions, with support for internationalization. response should be a null-terminated string containing a user-supplied response, perhaps obtained with fgets(3) or getline(3). The user's language preference is taken into account per the environment variables LANG, LC_MESSAGES, and LC_ALL, if the program has called setlocale(3) to effect their changes. Regardless of the locale, responses matching ^[Yy] are always accepted as affirmative, and those matching ^[Nn] are always accepted as negative.

RETURN VALUEAfter examining response, rpmatch() returns 0 for a recognized negative response ("no"), 1 for a recognized positive response ("yes"), and −1 when the value of response is unrecognized.

ERRORSA return value of −1 may indicate either an invalid input, or some other error. It is incorrect to only test if the return value is nonzero. rpmatch() can fail for any of the reasons that regcomp(3) or regexec(3) can fail; the cause of the error is not available from errno or anywhere else, but indicates a failure of the regex engine (but this case is indistinguishable from that of an unrecognized value of response).

ATTRIBUTESFor an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). InterfaceAttributeValue rpmatch() Thread safetyMT-Safe locale

STANDARDSrpmatch() is not required by any standard, but available under the GNU C library, FreeBSD, and AIX.

BUGSThe YESEXPR and NOEXPR of some locales (including "C") only inspect the first character of the response. This can mean that "yno" et al. resolve to 1. This is an unfortunate historical side-effect which should be fixed in time with proper localisation, and should not deter from rpmatch() being the proper way to distinguish between binary answers.

EXAMPLESThe following program displays the results when rpmatch() is applied to the string given in the program's command-line argument. #define _DEFAULT_SOURCE #include <locale.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { if (argc != 2 || strcmp(argv[1], "−−help") == 0) { fprintf(stderr, "%s response\n", argv[0]); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); printf("rpmatch() returns: %d\n", rpmatch(argv[1])); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); }

SEE ALSOfgets(3), getline(3), nl_langinfo(3), regcomp(3), setlocale(3)
0
Johanes Gumabo
Data Size   :   13,080 byte
man-rpmatch.3Build   :   2024-12-05, 20:55   :  
Visitor Screen   :   x
Visitor Counter ( page / site )   :   2 / 198,713
Visitor ID   :     :  
Visitor IP   :   3.17.175.167   :  
Visitor Provider   :   AMAZON-02   :  
Provider Position ( lat x lon )   :   39.962500 x -83.006100   :   x
Provider Accuracy Radius ( km )   :   1000   :  
Provider City   :   Columbus   :  
Provider Province   :   Ohio ,   :   ,
Provider Country   :   United States   :  
Provider Continent   :   North America   :  
Visitor Recorder   :   Version   :  
Visitor Recorder   :   Library   :  
Online Linux Manual Page   :   Version   :   Online Linux Manual Page - Fedora.40 - march=x86-64 - mtune=generic - 24.12.05
Online Linux Manual Page   :   Library   :   lib_c - 24.10.03 - march=x86-64 - mtune=generic - Fedora.40
Online Linux Manual Page   :   Library   :   lib_m - 24.10.03 - march=x86-64 - mtune=generic - Fedora.40
Data Base   :   Version   :   Online Linux Manual Page Database - 24.04.13 - march=x86-64 - mtune=generic - fedora-38
Data Base   :   Library   :   lib_c - 23.02.07 - march=x86-64 - mtune=generic - fedora.36

Very long time ago, I have the best tutor, Wenzel Svojanovsky . If someone knows the email address of Wenzel Svojanovsky , please send an email to johanes_gumabo@yahoo.co.id .
If error, please print screen and send to johanes_gumabo@yahoo.co.id
Under development. Support me via PayPal.