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# String globbing in golang [](https://travis-ci.org/ryanuber/go-glob)
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`go-glob` is a single-function library implementing basic string glob support.
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Globs are an extremely user-friendly way of supporting string matching without
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requiring knowledge of regular expressions or Go's particular regex engine. Most
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people understand that if you put a `*` character somewhere in a string, it is
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treated as a wildcard. Surprisingly, this functionality isn't found in Go's
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standard library, except for `path.Match`, which is intended to be used while
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comparing paths (not arbitrary strings), and contains specialized logic for this
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use case. A better solution might be a POSIX basic (non-ERE) regular expression
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engine for Go, which doesn't exist currently.
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Example
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=======
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```
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package main
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import "github.com/ryanuber/go-glob"
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func main() {
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glob.Glob("*World!", "Hello, World!") // true
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glob.Glob("Hello,*", "Hello, World!") // true
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glob.Glob("*ello,*", "Hello, World!") // true
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glob.Glob("World!", "Hello, World!") // false
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glob.Glob("/home/*", "/home/ryanuber/.bashrc") // true
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}
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```
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