regex: .*xxx.*

From: David Brownell (brownell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-24 15:19:00

This is most likely my error, but I am trying to do the following:

1)  A user types in a search string
2)  I add the prefix ".*" and suffix ".*" to the string

When I call regex_match, anything and everything matches, regardless of what
the user typed.  I would like the following results, and am guessing I am
not using the correct regular expression syntax:

a)  User types "Test"
b)  Internally, I create the regular expression ".*Test.*"

Results (String : result)
"A Test" : true
"Testing 123" : false
"foo" : false

Using regex, regex_match is returning true for "foo".  I tried changing the
prefix to ".*?" to ensure a non-greedy search, but the results were the
same.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Dave