/* match: search for re anywhere in text */
int match(char *re, char *text)
{
   if (re[0] == '^')
      return matchhere(re+1, text);
   do {  /* must look at empty string */
      if (matchhere(re, text))
         return 1;
   } while (*text++ != '\0');
   return 0;
}

Example 1: The function match determines whether a string matches a regular expression.