StringMatchQ
 Usage
Notes
 Further Examples
This string matches the pattern "b*c*", which means the letter b followed by zero or more characters followed by the letter c followed by zero or more characters.
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Here is the same pattern using the string expression operator.
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This checks that the string contains only "a", "c", "g", and "t" characters (a DNA sequence).
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Here is the RegularExpression equivalent.
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The default option value of IgnoreCase is False.
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With  , upper and lower case are treated the same.
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Verbatim can be used to match against patterns involving the metacharacters "*" and "@".
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These strings do not match.
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Allowing for spelling correction, the words commit and comit are close enough to match, but commit and comite are not.
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Here is a list of strings and a list of patterns.
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StringMatchQ gives True only for strings that contain at least one of the substrings "Al", "gene", or "rot".
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The words Alexander, Dorothy and Eugene are not selected when we pick out the names that are not matched.
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