Util.Match Method

Gets a value that indicates whether the test matches the specified pattern.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function Match ( _
    bstrValue As String, _
    bstrPattern As String _
) As Boolean
'Usage
Dim instance As Util
Dim bstrValue As String
Dim bstrPattern As String
Dim returnValue As Boolean

returnValue = instance.Match(bstrValue, _
    bstrPattern)

bool Match(
    string bstrValue,
    string bstrPattern
)

Parameters

• bstrValue
  Type: System.String

  The string to test against the pattern.

• bstrPattern
  Type: System.String

  The pattern to use.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the specified value matches the specified pattern; otherwise false.

Remarks

The Match method can be used to test any string against a regular expression. The regular expression must conform to the W3C's XML Schema specification for regular expressions (http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/\#regexs).

Examples

In the following example, the variable isSsnValid is set to a value that indicates whether or not the value stored in the my:SSN node is a legal Social Security Number:

IXMLDOMNode ssnNode = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode(@"//my:SSN");
bool isSsnValid = thisXDocument.Util.Match(ssnNode.text, @"\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d\d\d");

See Also

Reference

Util Interface

Util Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath Namespace