[comp.sources.wanted] Regular Expression Evaluator

frank@odetics.com (Frank Merrow) (02/12/91)

I would like the ability to see if a particular string matches a
regular expression.  I have looked at regexp.h and compile() on my Unix
machine.  I can not say I really understood everything they said
on the first reading, but they look promissing.  My problem is
that I would like do use the same regular expression evaluation
method in both the Unix and MS-DOS worlds, PLUS perhaps port the
whole thing to other compilers/platforms as well.  I can not find
anything obviously like regexp.h in my MS-C run time manual.  I guess
what I am asking is if anyone out there in netland knows of a
good, public domain regular expression evaluation routine?  If so,
I can probably get it off of uunet.com or SIMTEL20, but I need a
name!!!

Can anyone help?

Frank