[cl-ppcre-devel] Using scan

[Edi Weitz]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:45:11 -0400, Gary King <gwking at metabang.com> wrote:

> Try something like this:
>
> (defun full-match-p (regex string)
>    (multiple-value-bind (start end array-1 array-2)
>        (cl-ppcre:scan regex string)
>      (declare (ignore array-1 array-2))
>      (and (= start 0)
> 	 (= end (length string)))))

Simpler:

  (scan "^ABC$" "ABC")
  (scan "^ABC$" "ABCD")

The first return value of SCAN serves as a generalized boolean.