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// Minimize removes repeated wildcard characters from the expression
func Minimize(pattern string) string {
for _, c := range pattern {
if c == '*' && last == '*' {
// Match matches string value to specified wildcard.
// Asterisk (*) characters match to any characters of any length.
func Match(value string, pattern string) bool {
var vi, pi, vp, pp int = 0, 0, 0, 0
for i, c := range pattern {
if pattern[i] != value[i] {
for vi < len(value) && pi < len(pattern) {
} else if value[vi] == pattern[pi] {
if pi >= len(pattern) && vi < len(value) {
return len(pattern) > 0 && pattern[len(pattern)-1] == '*'
for ; pi < len(pattern); pi++ {
return pi >= len(pattern)