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Nick_T1
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Feb 18, 2016

String match unexpected behavior

Hello all! I'm trying to implement string match for the following condition and am not coming up with the right combination of options and looking at tcl wiki didn't yield anything yet. In one irule ...
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Kai_Wilke
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Feb 18, 2016

Hi Nick,

the command 

[string match -nocase $test_path_regex $path]
isn't using RegEx. Its rather using a 
-glob
matching syntax (
*
, 
?
or 
[A-Za-z0-9]
wildcards). So just use...

set test_path_regex "/investing/general/2016/*.aspx"
set test_path_regex "/investing/general/2016/*.aspx*"

For more information: http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/string.htmM34

General Note: You should avoid using RegEx in iRules as much as possible. Its terible slow and most of the stuff can be already done using -glob matchings.

Cheers, Kai