Given an input string s
and a pattern p
, implement regular
expression matching with support for .
and *
.
.
Matches any single character.*
Matches zero or more of the preceding element.The matching should cover the entire input string (not partial).
Note
s
could be empty and contains only lowercase letters a-z
.p
could be empty and contains only lowercase letters a-z
, and characters like .
or *
.Example #1
Input:
s = 'aa'
p = 'a'
Output: false
Explanation: a
does not match the entire string aa
.
Example #2
Input:
s = 'aa'
p = 'a*'
Output: true
Explanation: *
means zero or more of the preceding element, a
.
Therefore, by repeating a
once, it becomes aa
.
Example #3
Input:
s = 'ab'
p = '.*'
Output: true
Explanation: .*
means βzero or more (*
) of any character (.
)β.
Example #4
Input:
s = 'aab'
p = 'c*a*b'
Output: true
Explanation: c
can be repeated 0 times, a
can be repeated
1 time. Therefore it matches aab
.