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fmatch

warning

This function starts with a lowercase letter.

Description

Find a filename matching a pattern.

Name	Description
const filename[]	The string to hold the result in, returned as a packed string.
const pattern[]	The pattern that should be matched. May contain wildcards.
index	The number of the file, in case there are multiple matches. (default: 0)
size = sizeof (filename)	The maximum size of parameter name

Returns

true - Success (the file matches the pattern)

false - Failure (the file does not exist or the pattern does not match)

Examples

if (fmatch("file.txt", "*.txt"))
{
    print("The file matches the pattern.");
}
else
{
    print("The file \"file.txt\" does not exists, or pattern does not match.");
}

Notes

warning

This function works on open.mp server but not on SA:MP server.

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