Syntax for "matches" and "matches_regex"

Deb, thanks for the link to Colin's tips on avoiding conversions...

noonand, you could also use string wildcards to do this and avoid the more expensive regex evaluation. Here's an example using string match:

elseif {[string match {*fx[1-4]*} [HTTP::uri]]} {
   pool Xyzzy
}

If you're doing multiple URI tests, it would probably be faster to use a switch statement:

when HTTP_REQUEST {
   switch -glob [HTTP::uri] {
      {*fx[1-4]*} { pool test_http_200_pool}
   }
}

As Deb said, the string should read:

open brace, asterisk, "fx", open square, 1-4, close square, asterisk, close brace

Aaron