String Regular Matching in Erlang

Question

How do I execute regex in Erlang?

All I know is: f ("AAPL" ++ Inputstring) -> true.

The lines I need to match are "AAPL, 07-May-2010 15: 58,21,34,21,36,21,34,21,35,525064 \ n"

In Perl regex: ^ AAPL, * (or something similar)

In Erlang?

Answer 1

Use a module re, for example:

...
String = "AAPL,07-May-2010 15:58,21.34,21.36,21.34,21.35,525064\n",
RegExp = "^AAPL,*",
case re:run(String, RegExp) of
  {match, Captured} -> ... ;
  nomatch -> ...
end,
...