QStringMatcher Class

The QStringMatcher class holds a sequence of characters that can be quickly matched in a Unicode string. More...

Header: #include <QStringMatcher>
qmake: QT += core

Detailed Description

This class is useful when you have a sequence of QChars that you want to repeatedly match against some strings (perhaps in a loop), or when you want to search for the same sequence of characters multiple times in the same string. Using a matcher object and indexIn() is faster than matching a plain QString with QString::indexOf() if repeated matching takes place. This class offers no benefit if you are doing one-off string matches.

Create the QStringMatcher with the QString you want to search for. Then call indexIn() on the QString that you want to search.

See also QString, QByteArrayMatcher, and QRegExp.