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MQTT subscription topic match


Write the shortest code to match a tail-repeating string where one character falls off the head in each repetitionMatch strings with wildcardsMatch the Stack Exchange URLsMatch the permutations!All squares that match a wildcard sequenceMatch coordinates with their valuesMatch this random stringRegex: Match an egalitarian seriesMatch the Striking ClockMatch Roman Numerals






.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;








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Background



MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is an ISO standard publish-subscribe-based messaging protocol (Wikipedia).



Each message has a topic, such as the following examples:



  • myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

  • USA/California/San Francisco/Silicon Valley

  • 5ff4a2ce-e485-40f4-826c-b1a5d81be9b6/status

  • Germany/Bavaria/car/2382340923453/latitude

MQTT clients may subscribe to message topics using wildcards:



  • Single level: +

  • All levels onward: #

For example, the subscription myhome/groundfloor/+/temperature would produce these results (non-conformances in bold):



✅ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

✅ myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/temperature

❌ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/brightness

❌ myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature

garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature



Whereas the subscription +/groundfloor/# would produce these results:



✅ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

✅ myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/brightness

✅ garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature/more/specific/fields

❌ myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature

❌ myhome/basement/corner/temperature



More info here.



The Task



Implement a function/program accepting two strings and returning a boolean. The first string is the subject topic, the second is the criteria topic. The criteria topic uses the subscription syntax detailed above. The function is truthy when the subject matches the criteria.



Rules for this task:



  • Topics are ASCII

  • There are no criteria fields beyond the # wildcard

  • Wildcards do not appear in subject topics

  • Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields

  • There are no 0-character fields nor leading or tailing forward slashes

Test cases



criteria1 = "myhome/groundfloor/+/temperature"

criteria2 = "+/groundfloor/#"



("abc", "ab") => false

("abc", "abc") => true

("abc/de", "abc") => false

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria1) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/temperature", criteria1) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/brightness", criteria1) => false

("myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria1) => false

("garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature", criteria1) => false

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria2) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/brightness", criteria2) => true

("garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature/more/specific/fields", criteria2) => true

("myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria2) => false

("myhome/basement/corner/temperature", criteria2) => false

("music/kei$ha/latest", "+/kei$ha/+") => true










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    @HyperNeutrino, that's a good question. I'm on the fence. Subject a/b/c would not match criteria a/b, so I'm inclined to say No.
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Background



MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is an ISO standard publish-subscribe-based messaging protocol (Wikipedia).



Each message has a topic, such as the following examples:



  • myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

  • USA/California/San Francisco/Silicon Valley

  • 5ff4a2ce-e485-40f4-826c-b1a5d81be9b6/status

  • Germany/Bavaria/car/2382340923453/latitude

MQTT clients may subscribe to message topics using wildcards:



  • Single level: +

  • All levels onward: #

For example, the subscription myhome/groundfloor/+/temperature would produce these results (non-conformances in bold):



✅ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

✅ myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/temperature

❌ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/brightness

❌ myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature

garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature



Whereas the subscription +/groundfloor/# would produce these results:



✅ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

✅ myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/brightness

✅ garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature/more/specific/fields

❌ myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature

❌ myhome/basement/corner/temperature



More info here.



The Task



Implement a function/program accepting two strings and returning a boolean. The first string is the subject topic, the second is the criteria topic. The criteria topic uses the subscription syntax detailed above. The function is truthy when the subject matches the criteria.



Rules for this task:



  • Topics are ASCII

  • There are no criteria fields beyond the # wildcard

  • Wildcards do not appear in subject topics

  • Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields

  • There are no 0-character fields nor leading or tailing forward slashes

Test cases



criteria1 = "myhome/groundfloor/+/temperature"

criteria2 = "+/groundfloor/#"



("abc", "ab") => false

("abc", "abc") => true

("abc/de", "abc") => false

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria1) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/temperature", criteria1) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/brightness", criteria1) => false

("myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria1) => false

("garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature", criteria1) => false

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria2) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/brightness", criteria2) => true

("garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature/more/specific/fields", criteria2) => true

("myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria2) => false

("myhome/basement/corner/temperature", criteria2) => false

("music/kei$ha/latest", "+/kei$ha/+") => true










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    @HyperNeutrino, that's a good question. I'm on the fence. Subject a/b/c would not match criteria a/b, so I'm inclined to say No.
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    I see in the blog linked that "Additionally, the forward slash alone is a valid topic" but no mention of + and #, so I guess these two can be.
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Background



MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is an ISO standard publish-subscribe-based messaging protocol (Wikipedia).



Each message has a topic, such as the following examples:



  • myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

  • USA/California/San Francisco/Silicon Valley

  • 5ff4a2ce-e485-40f4-826c-b1a5d81be9b6/status

  • Germany/Bavaria/car/2382340923453/latitude

MQTT clients may subscribe to message topics using wildcards:



  • Single level: +

  • All levels onward: #

For example, the subscription myhome/groundfloor/+/temperature would produce these results (non-conformances in bold):



✅ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

✅ myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/temperature

❌ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/brightness

❌ myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature

garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature



Whereas the subscription +/groundfloor/# would produce these results:



✅ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

✅ myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/brightness

✅ garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature/more/specific/fields

❌ myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature

❌ myhome/basement/corner/temperature



More info here.



The Task



Implement a function/program accepting two strings and returning a boolean. The first string is the subject topic, the second is the criteria topic. The criteria topic uses the subscription syntax detailed above. The function is truthy when the subject matches the criteria.



Rules for this task:



  • Topics are ASCII

  • There are no criteria fields beyond the # wildcard

  • Wildcards do not appear in subject topics

  • Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields

  • There are no 0-character fields nor leading or tailing forward slashes

Test cases



criteria1 = "myhome/groundfloor/+/temperature"

criteria2 = "+/groundfloor/#"



("abc", "ab") => false

("abc", "abc") => true

("abc/de", "abc") => false

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria1) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/temperature", criteria1) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/brightness", criteria1) => false

("myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria1) => false

("garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature", criteria1) => false

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria2) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/brightness", criteria2) => true

("garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature/more/specific/fields", criteria2) => true

("myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria2) => false

("myhome/basement/corner/temperature", criteria2) => false

("music/kei$ha/latest", "+/kei$ha/+") => true










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Background



MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is an ISO standard publish-subscribe-based messaging protocol (Wikipedia).



Each message has a topic, such as the following examples:



  • myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

  • USA/California/San Francisco/Silicon Valley

  • 5ff4a2ce-e485-40f4-826c-b1a5d81be9b6/status

  • Germany/Bavaria/car/2382340923453/latitude

MQTT clients may subscribe to message topics using wildcards:



  • Single level: +

  • All levels onward: #

For example, the subscription myhome/groundfloor/+/temperature would produce these results (non-conformances in bold):



✅ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

✅ myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/temperature

❌ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/brightness

❌ myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature

garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature



Whereas the subscription +/groundfloor/# would produce these results:



✅ myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature

✅ myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/brightness

✅ garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature/more/specific/fields

❌ myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature

❌ myhome/basement/corner/temperature



More info here.



The Task



Implement a function/program accepting two strings and returning a boolean. The first string is the subject topic, the second is the criteria topic. The criteria topic uses the subscription syntax detailed above. The function is truthy when the subject matches the criteria.



Rules for this task:



  • Topics are ASCII

  • There are no criteria fields beyond the # wildcard

  • Wildcards do not appear in subject topics

  • Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields

  • There are no 0-character fields nor leading or tailing forward slashes

Test cases



criteria1 = "myhome/groundfloor/+/temperature"

criteria2 = "+/groundfloor/#"



("abc", "ab") => false

("abc", "abc") => true

("abc/de", "abc") => false

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria1) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/temperature", criteria1) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/brightness", criteria1) => false

("myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria1) => false

("garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature", criteria1) => false

("myhome/groundfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria2) => true

("myhome/groundfloor/kitchen/brightness", criteria2) => true

("garage/groundfloor/fridge/temperature/more/specific/fields", criteria2) => true

("myhome/firstfloor/livingroom/temperature", criteria2) => false

("myhome/basement/corner/temperature", criteria2) => false

("music/kei$ha/latest", "+/kei$ha/+") => true







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    @HyperNeutrino, that's a good question. I'm on the fence. Subject a/b/c would not match criteria a/b, so I'm inclined to say No.
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    Jul 15 at 17:11










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    I see in the blog linked that "Additionally, the forward slash alone is a valid topic" but no mention of + and #, so I guess these two can be.
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    Jul 15 at 17:20







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    @JonathanAllan From docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v3.1.1/os/… : The wildcard characters can be used in Topic Filters, but MUST NOT be used within a Topic Name
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    @HyperNeutrino, that's a good question. I'm on the fence. Subject a/b/c would not match criteria a/b, so I'm inclined to say No.
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    I see in the blog linked that "Additionally, the forward slash alone is a valid topic" but no mention of + and #, so I guess these two can be.
    $endgroup$
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    Jul 15 at 17:20







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    @JonathanAllan From docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v3.1.1/os/… : The wildcard characters can be used in Topic Filters, but MUST NOT be used within a Topic Name
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@HyperNeutrino, that's a good question. I'm on the fence. Subject a/b/c would not match criteria a/b, so I'm inclined to say No.
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I see in the blog linked that "Additionally, the forward slash alone is a valid topic" but no mention of + and #, so I guess these two can be.
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Jul 15 at 17:20





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I see in the blog linked that "Additionally, the forward slash alone is a valid topic" but no mention of + and #, so I guess these two can be.
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Jul 15 at 17:20





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@JonathanAllan From docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v3.1.1/os/… : The wildcard characters can be used in Topic Filters, but MUST NOT be used within a Topic Name
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Jul 15 at 18:22




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Jelly, 20 bytes



ṣ€”/ZṖF”#eƊ¿œiÐḟ”+ZE


A monadic Link accepting a list of lists of characters, [topic, pattern], which returns 1 or 0 for match or no-match respectively.



Try it online! Or see a test-suite.



How?



ṣ€”/ZṖF”#eƊ¿œiÐḟ”+ZE - Link: list of lists of characters, [topic, pattern]
€ - for each:
ṣ - split at occurrences of:
”/ - '/' character
Z - transpose (any excess of topic is kept)
¿ - while...
Ɗ - ...condition: last three links as a monad:
”# - '#' character
e - exists in:
F - flatten
Ṗ - ...do: pop the tail off
Ðḟ - filter discard those for which:
œi - first multi-dimensional index of: ([] if not found, which is falsey)
”+ - '+' character
Z - transpose
E - all equal?





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    Ruby, 65 bytes



    Regex solution. I added Regex.escape in case a criteria name just so happens to be something like com.java/string[]/n or something silly that would have regex pieces.





    ->s,cs=~/^#Regexp.escape(c).sub('#','.*').gsub'+','[^/]*'$/


    Try it online!



    Non-regex solution, 77 bytes



    Uses a nice simple split, zip, and match technique. I developed this one first before realizing that even with Regex.escape the regex solution would've been shorter anyways.



    ->s,cs.split(?/).zip(c.split ?/).all?i==j


    Try it online!






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      .*? should work in place of [^/]*.
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      @NicHartley that will trigger a false match for criteria a/+/d with topic a/b/c/d
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      Ah, so it will. Wrapping that in an atomic group fixes that, but then it's two bytes longer. Oh well.
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    Perl 5 -pl, 50 bytes





    $_="Q$_";s|\+|[^/]+|g;s/\#/.*/;$_=<>=~m|^$_$|


    Try it online!






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      small improvement, <>=~/^$_$/ at the end
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    Python 3, 72 bytes





    lambda a,b:bool(re.match(b.translate(43:"[^/]+",35:".+"),a))
    import re


    Try it online!



    This problem can be trivially simplified to a regex match, though another more interesting method may produce better results.



    EDIT I came up with a 107-byte solution not using regex. I don't know if it can get shorter than 72 or maybe I'm just not seeing to correct approach to this. Just the split-zip structure seems to be too large though. Try It Online!






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      If the sequence contains any other regex characters, this might fail. I'd look out for that even though none of the current test cases contain anything remotely regex-like.
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      ...like f('myhome/ground$floor/livingroom/temperature', 'myhome/ground$floor/+/temperature') which fails
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    Python 2, 85 84 80 92 89 bytes





    lambda s,c:all(x in('+','#',y)for x,y in zip(c.split('/')+[0]*-c.find('#'),s.split('/')))


    Try it online!



    Thanks to Jonathan Allan and Value Ink for pointing out bugs.






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      Gives the wrong answer on f('ab', 'abc').
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      @Jonathan Allan: Actually, rules say 'Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields'. But other problems needed fixing...
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    Haskell, 76 73 71 67 bytes



    (a:b)#(c:d)=a=='+'&&b#snd(span(/='/')d)||a=='#'||a==c&&b#d
    a#b=a==b


    Try it online!



    Edit: -4 bytes thanks to @cole.






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      @cole: yes, that works. Thanks a lot!
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    Clojure, 107 91 76 65 102 bytes



    An anonymous function, returns subject topic as truthy and nil as falsey (valid in Clojure).



    (defn ?[t c](every? #(#"#""+"(% 0)(% 1))(apply #(map vector % %2)(map #(re-seq #"[^/]+" %) [t c]))))


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      ...and my comment under your question becomes pertinent
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      @JonathanAllan, indeed, except + and # do not appear in subject topic strings :)
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      I think this fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
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      @ChasBrown, correct, and with ^ instead of $; thanks.
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    Kotlin, 106 bytes



    fun f(s:List<String>)=s[1].split("/").filterIndexedi,v->v!="+"&&v!="#"&&v!=s[0].split("/")[i].count()==0


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      Python 3, 99 88 bytes



      Without using a regex.
      With some help from Jonathan Allan and Chas Brown.



      f=lambda s,p:p in(s,'#')or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]in'/')*2:])





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        f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[0]or p[0]in(s[0]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[0]or(s[0]=='/')*2:]) saves 12. However this fails to process some edge cases like f('abc/ijk/x', 'abc/+/xyz') or f('abc/ijk/xyz', 'abc/+/x'), which can be fixed with f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[:1]or p[:1]in(s[:1]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]=='/')*2:])
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      • $begingroup$
        This fails for f('abc','ab') and f('abc/de','abc') (both should return False, but instead there's an IndexError).
        $endgroup$
        – Chas Brown
        Jul 15 at 23:33











      • $begingroup$
        ...or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and... fixes the edge cases @ChasBrown and I pointed out for a cost of 2 bytes.
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        – Jonathan Allan
        Jul 15 at 23:35











      • $begingroup$
        Fails another edge case of a trailing '+' (e.g. f('a/b', 'a/+')) but fixable in 0 bytes with ...or(s[:1]in'/')*2:]).
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        – Jonathan Allan
        Jul 16 at 0:09










      • $begingroup$
        Try it online is always recommended!
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        – Chas Brown
        Jul 16 at 0:10


















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      Charcoal, 36 bytes



      ≔⪪S/θ≔⪪S/ηF∧№η#⊟η≔…θLηθF⌕Aη+§≔θι+⁼θη


      Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Outputs - (Charcoal's implicit output for true) for a match, nothing for no match. Explanation:



      ≔⪪S/θ


      Split the subject on /s.



      ≔⪪S/η


      Split the criteria on /s.



      F∧№η#⊟η≔…θLηθ


      If the criteria contains (i.e. ends with) a # then remove it and trim the subject to the new length of the criteria.



      F⌕Aη+§≔θι+


      Where the criteria contains + then replace that element in the subject with +.



      ⁼θη


      Compare the subject with the criteria and implicitly print the result.






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        Retina 0.8.2, 42 bytes



        %`$
        /
        +`^([^/]+/)(.*¶)(1|+/)
        $2
        ^¶$|¶#/$


        Try it online! Explanation:



        %`$
        /


        Suffix a / to both lines.



        +`^([^/]+/)(.*¶)(1|+/)
        $2


        Repeatedly remove the first element of both subject and criteria while they equal or the criteria element is a (happy) +.



        ^¶$|¶#/$


        The criteria matches if it's just a # (with the / that was added earlier) otherwise both subject and criteria should be empty by this point.






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          Pyth, 22 bytes



          :Q::E"[+]""[^/]+"#".*


          Try it online!






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            Jelly, 22 19 bytes



            ḟ”+ṣ”/)ZẠƇṖœi”#$¿ZE


            Try it online!



            A monadic link that takes as its argument [topic], [criterion] and returns 1 for a match and 0 for no match.






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              JavaScript, 69 66 bytes





              t=>s=>new RegExp(s.split`+`.join`[^/]+`.split`#`.join`.+`).test(t)


              Try it online!






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              • $begingroup$
                This fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
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                – Chas Brown
                Jul 16 at 21:21


















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              Python 3, 149 148 bytes





              def f(t,c):t,c=t.split('/'),c.split('/');return all([c[i]=='+'or c[i]==t[i]or c[i]=='#'for i in range(len(c))])and not(len(c)!=len(t)and c[-1]!='#')


              Try it online!






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                05AB1E, 21 bytes



                ε'/¡}ζʒ'+å≠}˜'#¡н2ôøË


                Input as a list in the order [criteria, topic].



                Try it online or verify all test cases.



                Explanation:





                ε # Map both strings in the implicit input-list to:
                '/¡ '# Split the string on "/"
                # i.e. ["+/+/A/B/#","z/y/A/B/x/w/v/u"]
                # → [["+","+","A","B","#"],["z","y","A","B","x","w","v","u"]]
                }ζ # After the map: zip/transpose the two string-lists,
                # with space as (default) filler
                # → [["+","z"],["+","y"],["A","A"],["B","B"],["#","x"],[" ","w"],
                # [" ","v"],[" ","u"]]
                ʒ } # Filter each pair by:
                '+å≠ '# Only keep those which do NOT contain a "+"
                # → [["A","A"],["B","B"],["#","x"],[" ","w"],[" ","v"],[" ","u"]]
                ˜ # Flatten the filtered list
                # → ["A","A","B","B","#","x"," ","w"," ","v"," ","u"]
                '#¡ '# Split the list by "#"
                # → [["A","A","B","B"],["x"," ","w"," ","v"," ","u"]]
                н # Only keep the first part
                # → ["A","A","B","B"]
                2ô # Split this back into pairs of two
                # → [["A","A"],["B","B"]]
                ø # Zip/transpose them back
                # → [["A","B"],["A","B"]]
                Ë # And check if both inner lists are equal
                # → 1 (truthy)
                # (after which the result is output implicitly)





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                  Jelly, 20 bytes



                  ṣ€”/ZṖF”#eƊ¿œiÐḟ”+ZE


                  A monadic Link accepting a list of lists of characters, [topic, pattern], which returns 1 or 0 for match or no-match respectively.



                  Try it online! Or see a test-suite.



                  How?



                  ṣ€”/ZṖF”#eƊ¿œiÐḟ”+ZE - Link: list of lists of characters, [topic, pattern]
                  € - for each:
                  ṣ - split at occurrences of:
                  ”/ - '/' character
                  Z - transpose (any excess of topic is kept)
                  ¿ - while...
                  Ɗ - ...condition: last three links as a monad:
                  ”# - '#' character
                  e - exists in:
                  F - flatten
                  Ṗ - ...do: pop the tail off
                  Ðḟ - filter discard those for which:
                  œi - first multi-dimensional index of: ([] if not found, which is falsey)
                  ”+ - '+' character
                  Z - transpose
                  E - all equal?





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                    Jelly, 20 bytes



                    ṣ€”/ZṖF”#eƊ¿œiÐḟ”+ZE


                    A monadic Link accepting a list of lists of characters, [topic, pattern], which returns 1 or 0 for match or no-match respectively.



                    Try it online! Or see a test-suite.



                    How?



                    ṣ€”/ZṖF”#eƊ¿œiÐḟ”+ZE - Link: list of lists of characters, [topic, pattern]
                    € - for each:
                    ṣ - split at occurrences of:
                    ”/ - '/' character
                    Z - transpose (any excess of topic is kept)
                    ¿ - while...
                    Ɗ - ...condition: last three links as a monad:
                    ”# - '#' character
                    e - exists in:
                    F - flatten
                    Ṗ - ...do: pop the tail off
                    Ðḟ - filter discard those for which:
                    œi - first multi-dimensional index of: ([] if not found, which is falsey)
                    ”+ - '+' character
                    Z - transpose
                    E - all equal?





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                      Jelly, 20 bytes



                      ṣ€”/ZṖF”#eƊ¿œiÐḟ”+ZE


                      A monadic Link accepting a list of lists of characters, [topic, pattern], which returns 1 or 0 for match or no-match respectively.



                      Try it online! Or see a test-suite.



                      How?



                      ṣ€”/ZṖF”#eƊ¿œiÐḟ”+ZE - Link: list of lists of characters, [topic, pattern]
                      € - for each:
                      ṣ - split at occurrences of:
                      ”/ - '/' character
                      Z - transpose (any excess of topic is kept)
                      ¿ - while...
                      Ɗ - ...condition: last three links as a monad:
                      ”# - '#' character
                      e - exists in:
                      F - flatten
                      Ṗ - ...do: pop the tail off
                      Ðḟ - filter discard those for which:
                      œi - first multi-dimensional index of: ([] if not found, which is falsey)
                      ”+ - '+' character
                      Z - transpose
                      E - all equal?





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                      Jelly, 20 bytes



                      ṣ€”/ZṖF”#eƊ¿œiÐḟ”+ZE


                      A monadic Link accepting a list of lists of characters, [topic, pattern], which returns 1 or 0 for match or no-match respectively.



                      Try it online! Or see a test-suite.



                      How?



                      ṣ€”/ZṖF”#eƊ¿œiÐḟ”+ZE - Link: list of lists of characters, [topic, pattern]
                      € - for each:
                      ṣ - split at occurrences of:
                      ”/ - '/' character
                      Z - transpose (any excess of topic is kept)
                      ¿ - while...
                      Ɗ - ...condition: last three links as a monad:
                      ”# - '#' character
                      e - exists in:
                      F - flatten
                      Ṗ - ...do: pop the tail off
                      Ðḟ - filter discard those for which:
                      œi - first multi-dimensional index of: ([] if not found, which is falsey)
                      ”+ - '+' character
                      Z - transpose
                      E - all equal?






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                      answered Jul 15 at 23:11









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                          Ruby, 65 bytes



                          Regex solution. I added Regex.escape in case a criteria name just so happens to be something like com.java/string[]/n or something silly that would have regex pieces.





                          ->s,cs=~/^#Regexp.escape(c).sub('#','.*').gsub'+','[^/]*'$/


                          Try it online!



                          Non-regex solution, 77 bytes



                          Uses a nice simple split, zip, and match technique. I developed this one first before realizing that even with Regex.escape the regex solution would've been shorter anyways.



                          ->s,cs.split(?/).zip(c.split ?/).all?i==j


                          Try it online!






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                          • $begingroup$
                            .*? should work in place of [^/]*.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nic Hartley
                            Jul 16 at 17:39










                          • $begingroup$
                            @NicHartley that will trigger a false match for criteria a/+/d with topic a/b/c/d
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 16 at 19:22










                          • $begingroup$
                            Ah, so it will. Wrapping that in an atomic group fixes that, but then it's two bytes longer. Oh well.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nic Hartley
                            Jul 16 at 19:24















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                          Ruby, 65 bytes



                          Regex solution. I added Regex.escape in case a criteria name just so happens to be something like com.java/string[]/n or something silly that would have regex pieces.





                          ->s,cs=~/^#Regexp.escape(c).sub('#','.*').gsub'+','[^/]*'$/


                          Try it online!



                          Non-regex solution, 77 bytes



                          Uses a nice simple split, zip, and match technique. I developed this one first before realizing that even with Regex.escape the regex solution would've been shorter anyways.



                          ->s,cs.split(?/).zip(c.split ?/).all?i==j


                          Try it online!






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                          • $begingroup$
                            .*? should work in place of [^/]*.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nic Hartley
                            Jul 16 at 17:39










                          • $begingroup$
                            @NicHartley that will trigger a false match for criteria a/+/d with topic a/b/c/d
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 16 at 19:22










                          • $begingroup$
                            Ah, so it will. Wrapping that in an atomic group fixes that, but then it's two bytes longer. Oh well.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nic Hartley
                            Jul 16 at 19:24













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                          Ruby, 65 bytes



                          Regex solution. I added Regex.escape in case a criteria name just so happens to be something like com.java/string[]/n or something silly that would have regex pieces.





                          ->s,cs=~/^#Regexp.escape(c).sub('#','.*').gsub'+','[^/]*'$/


                          Try it online!



                          Non-regex solution, 77 bytes



                          Uses a nice simple split, zip, and match technique. I developed this one first before realizing that even with Regex.escape the regex solution would've been shorter anyways.



                          ->s,cs.split(?/).zip(c.split ?/).all?i==j


                          Try it online!






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                          Ruby, 65 bytes



                          Regex solution. I added Regex.escape in case a criteria name just so happens to be something like com.java/string[]/n or something silly that would have regex pieces.





                          ->s,cs=~/^#Regexp.escape(c).sub('#','.*').gsub'+','[^/]*'$/


                          Try it online!



                          Non-regex solution, 77 bytes



                          Uses a nice simple split, zip, and match technique. I developed this one first before realizing that even with Regex.escape the regex solution would've been shorter anyways.



                          ->s,cs.split(?/).zip(c.split ?/).all?i==j


                          Try it online!







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                          answered Jul 15 at 20:57









                          Value InkValue Ink

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                          • $begingroup$
                            .*? should work in place of [^/]*.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nic Hartley
                            Jul 16 at 17:39










                          • $begingroup$
                            @NicHartley that will trigger a false match for criteria a/+/d with topic a/b/c/d
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 16 at 19:22










                          • $begingroup$
                            Ah, so it will. Wrapping that in an atomic group fixes that, but then it's two bytes longer. Oh well.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nic Hartley
                            Jul 16 at 19:24
















                          • $begingroup$
                            .*? should work in place of [^/]*.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nic Hartley
                            Jul 16 at 17:39










                          • $begingroup$
                            @NicHartley that will trigger a false match for criteria a/+/d with topic a/b/c/d
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 16 at 19:22










                          • $begingroup$
                            Ah, so it will. Wrapping that in an atomic group fixes that, but then it's two bytes longer. Oh well.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nic Hartley
                            Jul 16 at 19:24















                          $begingroup$
                          .*? should work in place of [^/]*.
                          $endgroup$
                          – Nic Hartley
                          Jul 16 at 17:39




                          $begingroup$
                          .*? should work in place of [^/]*.
                          $endgroup$
                          – Nic Hartley
                          Jul 16 at 17:39












                          $begingroup$
                          @NicHartley that will trigger a false match for criteria a/+/d with topic a/b/c/d
                          $endgroup$
                          – Value Ink
                          Jul 16 at 19:22




                          $begingroup$
                          @NicHartley that will trigger a false match for criteria a/+/d with topic a/b/c/d
                          $endgroup$
                          – Value Ink
                          Jul 16 at 19:22












                          $begingroup$
                          Ah, so it will. Wrapping that in an atomic group fixes that, but then it's two bytes longer. Oh well.
                          $endgroup$
                          – Nic Hartley
                          Jul 16 at 19:24




                          $begingroup$
                          Ah, so it will. Wrapping that in an atomic group fixes that, but then it's two bytes longer. Oh well.
                          $endgroup$
                          – Nic Hartley
                          Jul 16 at 19:24











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                          Perl 5 -pl, 50 bytes





                          $_="Q$_";s|\+|[^/]+|g;s/\#/.*/;$_=<>=~m|^$_$|


                          Try it online!






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                          • $begingroup$
                            small improvement, <>=~/^$_$/ at the end
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nahuel Fouilleul
                            Jul 17 at 5:51















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                          Perl 5 -pl, 50 bytes





                          $_="Q$_";s|\+|[^/]+|g;s/\#/.*/;$_=<>=~m|^$_$|


                          Try it online!






                          share|improve this answer









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                          • $begingroup$
                            small improvement, <>=~/^$_$/ at the end
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nahuel Fouilleul
                            Jul 17 at 5:51













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                          Perl 5 -pl, 50 bytes





                          $_="Q$_";s|\+|[^/]+|g;s/\#/.*/;$_=<>=~m|^$_$|


                          Try it online!






                          share|improve this answer









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                          Perl 5 -pl, 50 bytes





                          $_="Q$_";s|\+|[^/]+|g;s/\#/.*/;$_=<>=~m|^$_$|


                          Try it online!







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                          answered Jul 16 at 3:04









                          XcaliXcali

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                          • $begingroup$
                            small improvement, <>=~/^$_$/ at the end
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nahuel Fouilleul
                            Jul 17 at 5:51
















                          • $begingroup$
                            small improvement, <>=~/^$_$/ at the end
                            $endgroup$
                            – Nahuel Fouilleul
                            Jul 17 at 5:51















                          $begingroup$
                          small improvement, <>=~/^$_$/ at the end
                          $endgroup$
                          – Nahuel Fouilleul
                          Jul 17 at 5:51




                          $begingroup$
                          small improvement, <>=~/^$_$/ at the end
                          $endgroup$
                          – Nahuel Fouilleul
                          Jul 17 at 5:51











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                          Python 3, 72 bytes





                          lambda a,b:bool(re.match(b.translate(43:"[^/]+",35:".+"),a))
                          import re


                          Try it online!



                          This problem can be trivially simplified to a regex match, though another more interesting method may produce better results.



                          EDIT I came up with a 107-byte solution not using regex. I don't know if it can get shorter than 72 or maybe I'm just not seeing to correct approach to this. Just the split-zip structure seems to be too large though. Try It Online!






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                            $begingroup$
                            If the sequence contains any other regex characters, this might fail. I'd look out for that even though none of the current test cases contain anything remotely regex-like.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 15 at 20:53










                          • $begingroup$
                            ...like f('myhome/ground$floor/livingroom/temperature', 'myhome/ground$floor/+/temperature') which fails
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 21:10










                          • $begingroup$
                            As Value Ink says, +/kei$ha/+ does not match music/kei$ha/latest.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 21:18















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                          $begingroup$


                          Python 3, 72 bytes





                          lambda a,b:bool(re.match(b.translate(43:"[^/]+",35:".+"),a))
                          import re


                          Try it online!



                          This problem can be trivially simplified to a regex match, though another more interesting method may produce better results.



                          EDIT I came up with a 107-byte solution not using regex. I don't know if it can get shorter than 72 or maybe I'm just not seeing to correct approach to this. Just the split-zip structure seems to be too large though. Try It Online!






                          share|improve this answer









                          $endgroup$








                          • 2




                            $begingroup$
                            If the sequence contains any other regex characters, this might fail. I'd look out for that even though none of the current test cases contain anything remotely regex-like.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 15 at 20:53










                          • $begingroup$
                            ...like f('myhome/ground$floor/livingroom/temperature', 'myhome/ground$floor/+/temperature') which fails
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 21:10










                          • $begingroup$
                            As Value Ink says, +/kei$ha/+ does not match music/kei$ha/latest.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 21:18













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                          $begingroup$


                          Python 3, 72 bytes





                          lambda a,b:bool(re.match(b.translate(43:"[^/]+",35:".+"),a))
                          import re


                          Try it online!



                          This problem can be trivially simplified to a regex match, though another more interesting method may produce better results.



                          EDIT I came up with a 107-byte solution not using regex. I don't know if it can get shorter than 72 or maybe I'm just not seeing to correct approach to this. Just the split-zip structure seems to be too large though. Try It Online!






                          share|improve this answer









                          $endgroup$




                          Python 3, 72 bytes





                          lambda a,b:bool(re.match(b.translate(43:"[^/]+",35:".+"),a))
                          import re


                          Try it online!



                          This problem can be trivially simplified to a regex match, though another more interesting method may produce better results.



                          EDIT I came up with a 107-byte solution not using regex. I don't know if it can get shorter than 72 or maybe I'm just not seeing to correct approach to this. Just the split-zip structure seems to be too large though. Try It Online!







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                          answered Jul 15 at 16:52









                          HyperNeutrinoHyperNeutrino

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                          • 2




                            $begingroup$
                            If the sequence contains any other regex characters, this might fail. I'd look out for that even though none of the current test cases contain anything remotely regex-like.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 15 at 20:53










                          • $begingroup$
                            ...like f('myhome/ground$floor/livingroom/temperature', 'myhome/ground$floor/+/temperature') which fails
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 21:10










                          • $begingroup$
                            As Value Ink says, +/kei$ha/+ does not match music/kei$ha/latest.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 21:18












                          • 2




                            $begingroup$
                            If the sequence contains any other regex characters, this might fail. I'd look out for that even though none of the current test cases contain anything remotely regex-like.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 15 at 20:53










                          • $begingroup$
                            ...like f('myhome/ground$floor/livingroom/temperature', 'myhome/ground$floor/+/temperature') which fails
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 21:10










                          • $begingroup$
                            As Value Ink says, +/kei$ha/+ does not match music/kei$ha/latest.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 21:18







                          2




                          2




                          $begingroup$
                          If the sequence contains any other regex characters, this might fail. I'd look out for that even though none of the current test cases contain anything remotely regex-like.
                          $endgroup$
                          – Value Ink
                          Jul 15 at 20:53




                          $begingroup$
                          If the sequence contains any other regex characters, this might fail. I'd look out for that even though none of the current test cases contain anything remotely regex-like.
                          $endgroup$
                          – Value Ink
                          Jul 15 at 20:53












                          $begingroup$
                          ...like f('myhome/ground$floor/livingroom/temperature', 'myhome/ground$floor/+/temperature') which fails
                          $endgroup$
                          – Jonathan Allan
                          Jul 15 at 21:10




                          $begingroup$
                          ...like f('myhome/ground$floor/livingroom/temperature', 'myhome/ground$floor/+/temperature') which fails
                          $endgroup$
                          – Jonathan Allan
                          Jul 15 at 21:10












                          $begingroup$
                          As Value Ink says, +/kei$ha/+ does not match music/kei$ha/latest.
                          $endgroup$
                          – Chas Brown
                          Jul 15 at 21:18




                          $begingroup$
                          As Value Ink says, +/kei$ha/+ does not match music/kei$ha/latest.
                          $endgroup$
                          – Chas Brown
                          Jul 15 at 21:18











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                          $begingroup$


                          Python 2, 85 84 80 92 89 bytes





                          lambda s,c:all(x in('+','#',y)for x,y in zip(c.split('/')+[0]*-c.find('#'),s.split('/')))


                          Try it online!



                          Thanks to Jonathan Allan and Value Ink for pointing out bugs.






                          share|improve this answer











                          $endgroup$












                          • $begingroup$
                            Gives the wrong answer on f('ab', 'abc').
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 15 at 21:56










                          • $begingroup$
                            @Jonathan Allan: Actually, rules say 'Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields'. But other problems needed fixing...
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 22:09










                          • $begingroup$
                            Oh weird rule given the problem context!
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 22:28















                          1












                          $begingroup$


                          Python 2, 85 84 80 92 89 bytes





                          lambda s,c:all(x in('+','#',y)for x,y in zip(c.split('/')+[0]*-c.find('#'),s.split('/')))


                          Try it online!



                          Thanks to Jonathan Allan and Value Ink for pointing out bugs.






                          share|improve this answer











                          $endgroup$












                          • $begingroup$
                            Gives the wrong answer on f('ab', 'abc').
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 15 at 21:56










                          • $begingroup$
                            @Jonathan Allan: Actually, rules say 'Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields'. But other problems needed fixing...
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 22:09










                          • $begingroup$
                            Oh weird rule given the problem context!
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 22:28













                          1












                          1








                          1





                          $begingroup$


                          Python 2, 85 84 80 92 89 bytes





                          lambda s,c:all(x in('+','#',y)for x,y in zip(c.split('/')+[0]*-c.find('#'),s.split('/')))


                          Try it online!



                          Thanks to Jonathan Allan and Value Ink for pointing out bugs.






                          share|improve this answer











                          $endgroup$




                          Python 2, 85 84 80 92 89 bytes





                          lambda s,c:all(x in('+','#',y)for x,y in zip(c.split('/')+[0]*-c.find('#'),s.split('/')))


                          Try it online!



                          Thanks to Jonathan Allan and Value Ink for pointing out bugs.







                          share|improve this answer














                          share|improve this answer



                          share|improve this answer








                          edited Jul 15 at 22:30

























                          answered Jul 15 at 21:04









                          Chas BrownChas Brown

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                          • $begingroup$
                            Gives the wrong answer on f('ab', 'abc').
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 15 at 21:56










                          • $begingroup$
                            @Jonathan Allan: Actually, rules say 'Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields'. But other problems needed fixing...
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 22:09










                          • $begingroup$
                            Oh weird rule given the problem context!
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 22:28
















                          • $begingroup$
                            Gives the wrong answer on f('ab', 'abc').
                            $endgroup$
                            – Value Ink
                            Jul 15 at 21:56










                          • $begingroup$
                            @Jonathan Allan: Actually, rules say 'Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields'. But other problems needed fixing...
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 22:09










                          • $begingroup$
                            Oh weird rule given the problem context!
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 22:28















                          $begingroup$
                          Gives the wrong answer on f('ab', 'abc').
                          $endgroup$
                          – Value Ink
                          Jul 15 at 21:56




                          $begingroup$
                          Gives the wrong answer on f('ab', 'abc').
                          $endgroup$
                          – Value Ink
                          Jul 15 at 21:56












                          $begingroup$
                          @Jonathan Allan: Actually, rules say 'Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields'. But other problems needed fixing...
                          $endgroup$
                          – Chas Brown
                          Jul 15 at 22:09




                          $begingroup$
                          @Jonathan Allan: Actually, rules say 'Number of subject fields >= number of criteria fields'. But other problems needed fixing...
                          $endgroup$
                          – Chas Brown
                          Jul 15 at 22:09












                          $begingroup$
                          Oh weird rule given the problem context!
                          $endgroup$
                          – Jonathan Allan
                          Jul 15 at 22:28




                          $begingroup$
                          Oh weird rule given the problem context!
                          $endgroup$
                          – Jonathan Allan
                          Jul 15 at 22:28











                          1












                          $begingroup$

                          Haskell, 76 73 71 67 bytes



                          (a:b)#(c:d)=a=='+'&&b#snd(span(/='/')d)||a=='#'||a==c&&b#d
                          a#b=a==b


                          Try it online!



                          Edit: -4 bytes thanks to @cole.






                          share|improve this answer











                          $endgroup$








                          • 1




                            $begingroup$
                            a#b=a==b seems to work for a few bytes fewer, unless I’m missing something
                            $endgroup$
                            – cole
                            Jul 16 at 7:23










                          • $begingroup$
                            @cole: yes, that works. Thanks a lot!
                            $endgroup$
                            – nimi
                            Jul 16 at 15:09















                          1












                          $begingroup$

                          Haskell, 76 73 71 67 bytes



                          (a:b)#(c:d)=a=='+'&&b#snd(span(/='/')d)||a=='#'||a==c&&b#d
                          a#b=a==b


                          Try it online!



                          Edit: -4 bytes thanks to @cole.






                          share|improve this answer











                          $endgroup$








                          • 1




                            $begingroup$
                            a#b=a==b seems to work for a few bytes fewer, unless I’m missing something
                            $endgroup$
                            – cole
                            Jul 16 at 7:23










                          • $begingroup$
                            @cole: yes, that works. Thanks a lot!
                            $endgroup$
                            – nimi
                            Jul 16 at 15:09













                          1












                          1








                          1





                          $begingroup$

                          Haskell, 76 73 71 67 bytes



                          (a:b)#(c:d)=a=='+'&&b#snd(span(/='/')d)||a=='#'||a==c&&b#d
                          a#b=a==b


                          Try it online!



                          Edit: -4 bytes thanks to @cole.






                          share|improve this answer











                          $endgroup$



                          Haskell, 76 73 71 67 bytes



                          (a:b)#(c:d)=a=='+'&&b#snd(span(/='/')d)||a=='#'||a==c&&b#d
                          a#b=a==b


                          Try it online!



                          Edit: -4 bytes thanks to @cole.







                          share|improve this answer














                          share|improve this answer



                          share|improve this answer








                          edited Jul 16 at 15:08

























                          answered Jul 15 at 21:42









                          niminimi

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                          • 1




                            $begingroup$
                            a#b=a==b seems to work for a few bytes fewer, unless I’m missing something
                            $endgroup$
                            – cole
                            Jul 16 at 7:23










                          • $begingroup$
                            @cole: yes, that works. Thanks a lot!
                            $endgroup$
                            – nimi
                            Jul 16 at 15:09












                          • 1




                            $begingroup$
                            a#b=a==b seems to work for a few bytes fewer, unless I’m missing something
                            $endgroup$
                            – cole
                            Jul 16 at 7:23










                          • $begingroup$
                            @cole: yes, that works. Thanks a lot!
                            $endgroup$
                            – nimi
                            Jul 16 at 15:09







                          1




                          1




                          $begingroup$
                          a#b=a==b seems to work for a few bytes fewer, unless I’m missing something
                          $endgroup$
                          – cole
                          Jul 16 at 7:23




                          $begingroup$
                          a#b=a==b seems to work for a few bytes fewer, unless I’m missing something
                          $endgroup$
                          – cole
                          Jul 16 at 7:23












                          $begingroup$
                          @cole: yes, that works. Thanks a lot!
                          $endgroup$
                          – nimi
                          Jul 16 at 15:09




                          $begingroup$
                          @cole: yes, that works. Thanks a lot!
                          $endgroup$
                          – nimi
                          Jul 16 at 15:09











                          1












                          $begingroup$


                          Clojure, 107 91 76 65 102 bytes



                          An anonymous function, returns subject topic as truthy and nil as falsey (valid in Clojure).



                          (defn ?[t c](every? #(#"#""+"(% 0)(% 1))(apply #(map vector % %2)(map #(re-seq #"[^/]+" %) [t c]))))


                          107 102 working
                          91 76 65 all defeated with regex chars






                          share|improve this answer











                          $endgroup$












                          • $begingroup$
                            ...and my comment under your question becomes pertinent
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 17:28











                          • $begingroup$
                            @JonathanAllan, indeed, except + and # do not appear in subject topic strings :)
                            $endgroup$
                            – Patrick
                            Jul 15 at 22:03










                          • $begingroup$
                            I think this fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 23:40










                          • $begingroup$
                            @ChasBrown, correct, and with ^ instead of $; thanks.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Patrick
                            Jul 15 at 23:50






                          • 1




                            $begingroup$
                            Try with 'Q' before and 'E' after the pattern prior to the replace - source
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 23:54















                          1












                          $begingroup$


                          Clojure, 107 91 76 65 102 bytes



                          An anonymous function, returns subject topic as truthy and nil as falsey (valid in Clojure).



                          (defn ?[t c](every? #(#"#""+"(% 0)(% 1))(apply #(map vector % %2)(map #(re-seq #"[^/]+" %) [t c]))))


                          107 102 working
                          91 76 65 all defeated with regex chars






                          share|improve this answer











                          $endgroup$












                          • $begingroup$
                            ...and my comment under your question becomes pertinent
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 17:28











                          • $begingroup$
                            @JonathanAllan, indeed, except + and # do not appear in subject topic strings :)
                            $endgroup$
                            – Patrick
                            Jul 15 at 22:03










                          • $begingroup$
                            I think this fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 23:40










                          • $begingroup$
                            @ChasBrown, correct, and with ^ instead of $; thanks.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Patrick
                            Jul 15 at 23:50






                          • 1




                            $begingroup$
                            Try with 'Q' before and 'E' after the pattern prior to the replace - source
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 23:54













                          1












                          1








                          1





                          $begingroup$


                          Clojure, 107 91 76 65 102 bytes



                          An anonymous function, returns subject topic as truthy and nil as falsey (valid in Clojure).



                          (defn ?[t c](every? #(#"#""+"(% 0)(% 1))(apply #(map vector % %2)(map #(re-seq #"[^/]+" %) [t c]))))


                          107 102 working
                          91 76 65 all defeated with regex chars






                          share|improve this answer











                          $endgroup$




                          Clojure, 107 91 76 65 102 bytes



                          An anonymous function, returns subject topic as truthy and nil as falsey (valid in Clojure).



                          (defn ?[t c](every? #(#"#""+"(% 0)(% 1))(apply #(map vector % %2)(map #(re-seq #"[^/]+" %) [t c]))))


                          107 102 working
                          91 76 65 all defeated with regex chars







                          share|improve this answer














                          share|improve this answer



                          share|improve this answer








                          edited Jul 16 at 23:55

























                          answered Jul 15 at 17:19









                          PatrickPatrick

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                          • $begingroup$
                            ...and my comment under your question becomes pertinent
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 17:28











                          • $begingroup$
                            @JonathanAllan, indeed, except + and # do not appear in subject topic strings :)
                            $endgroup$
                            – Patrick
                            Jul 15 at 22:03










                          • $begingroup$
                            I think this fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 23:40










                          • $begingroup$
                            @ChasBrown, correct, and with ^ instead of $; thanks.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Patrick
                            Jul 15 at 23:50






                          • 1




                            $begingroup$
                            Try with 'Q' before and 'E' after the pattern prior to the replace - source
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 23:54
















                          • $begingroup$
                            ...and my comment under your question becomes pertinent
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 17:28











                          • $begingroup$
                            @JonathanAllan, indeed, except + and # do not appear in subject topic strings :)
                            $endgroup$
                            – Patrick
                            Jul 15 at 22:03










                          • $begingroup$
                            I think this fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                            $endgroup$
                            – Chas Brown
                            Jul 15 at 23:40










                          • $begingroup$
                            @ChasBrown, correct, and with ^ instead of $; thanks.
                            $endgroup$
                            – Patrick
                            Jul 15 at 23:50






                          • 1




                            $begingroup$
                            Try with 'Q' before and 'E' after the pattern prior to the replace - source
                            $endgroup$
                            – Jonathan Allan
                            Jul 15 at 23:54















                          $begingroup$
                          ...and my comment under your question becomes pertinent
                          $endgroup$
                          – Jonathan Allan
                          Jul 15 at 17:28





                          $begingroup$
                          ...and my comment under your question becomes pertinent
                          $endgroup$
                          – Jonathan Allan
                          Jul 15 at 17:28













                          $begingroup$
                          @JonathanAllan, indeed, except + and # do not appear in subject topic strings :)
                          $endgroup$
                          – Patrick
                          Jul 15 at 22:03




                          $begingroup$
                          @JonathanAllan, indeed, except + and # do not appear in subject topic strings :)
                          $endgroup$
                          – Patrick
                          Jul 15 at 22:03












                          $begingroup$
                          I think this fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                          $endgroup$
                          – Chas Brown
                          Jul 15 at 23:40




                          $begingroup$
                          I think this fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                          $endgroup$
                          – Chas Brown
                          Jul 15 at 23:40












                          $begingroup$
                          @ChasBrown, correct, and with ^ instead of $; thanks.
                          $endgroup$
                          – Patrick
                          Jul 15 at 23:50




                          $begingroup$
                          @ChasBrown, correct, and with ^ instead of $; thanks.
                          $endgroup$
                          – Patrick
                          Jul 15 at 23:50




                          1




                          1




                          $begingroup$
                          Try with 'Q' before and 'E' after the pattern prior to the replace - source
                          $endgroup$
                          – Jonathan Allan
                          Jul 15 at 23:54




                          $begingroup$
                          Try with 'Q' before and 'E' after the pattern prior to the replace - source
                          $endgroup$
                          – Jonathan Allan
                          Jul 15 at 23:54











                          0












                          $begingroup$


                          Kotlin, 106 bytes



                          fun f(s:List<String>)=s[1].split("/").filterIndexedi,v->v!="+"&&v!="#"&&v!=s[0].split("/")[i].count()==0


                          Try it online!






                          share|improve this answer









                          $endgroup$

















                            0












                            $begingroup$


                            Kotlin, 106 bytes



                            fun f(s:List<String>)=s[1].split("/").filterIndexedi,v->v!="+"&&v!="#"&&v!=s[0].split("/")[i].count()==0


                            Try it online!






                            share|improve this answer









                            $endgroup$















                              0












                              0








                              0





                              $begingroup$


                              Kotlin, 106 bytes



                              fun f(s:List<String>)=s[1].split("/").filterIndexedi,v->v!="+"&&v!="#"&&v!=s[0].split("/")[i].count()==0


                              Try it online!






                              share|improve this answer









                              $endgroup$




                              Kotlin, 106 bytes



                              fun f(s:List<String>)=s[1].split("/").filterIndexedi,v->v!="+"&&v!="#"&&v!=s[0].split("/")[i].count()==0


                              Try it online!







                              share|improve this answer












                              share|improve this answer



                              share|improve this answer










                              answered Jul 15 at 21:03









                              QuinnQuinn

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                                  0












                                  $begingroup$

                                  Python 3, 99 88 bytes



                                  Without using a regex.
                                  With some help from Jonathan Allan and Chas Brown.



                                  f=lambda s,p:p in(s,'#')or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]in'/')*2:])





                                  share|improve this answer











                                  $endgroup$












                                  • $begingroup$
                                    f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[0]or p[0]in(s[0]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[0]or(s[0]=='/')*2:]) saves 12. However this fails to process some edge cases like f('abc/ijk/x', 'abc/+/xyz') or f('abc/ijk/xyz', 'abc/+/x'), which can be fixed with f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[:1]or p[:1]in(s[:1]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]=='/')*2:])
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Jonathan Allan
                                    Jul 15 at 21:07










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    This fails for f('abc','ab') and f('abc/de','abc') (both should return False, but instead there's an IndexError).
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chas Brown
                                    Jul 15 at 23:33











                                  • $begingroup$
                                    ...or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and... fixes the edge cases @ChasBrown and I pointed out for a cost of 2 bytes.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Jonathan Allan
                                    Jul 15 at 23:35











                                  • $begingroup$
                                    Fails another edge case of a trailing '+' (e.g. f('a/b', 'a/+')) but fixable in 0 bytes with ...or(s[:1]in'/')*2:]).
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Jonathan Allan
                                    Jul 16 at 0:09










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    Try it online is always recommended!
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chas Brown
                                    Jul 16 at 0:10















                                  0












                                  $begingroup$

                                  Python 3, 99 88 bytes



                                  Without using a regex.
                                  With some help from Jonathan Allan and Chas Brown.



                                  f=lambda s,p:p in(s,'#')or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]in'/')*2:])





                                  share|improve this answer











                                  $endgroup$












                                  • $begingroup$
                                    f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[0]or p[0]in(s[0]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[0]or(s[0]=='/')*2:]) saves 12. However this fails to process some edge cases like f('abc/ijk/x', 'abc/+/xyz') or f('abc/ijk/xyz', 'abc/+/x'), which can be fixed with f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[:1]or p[:1]in(s[:1]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]=='/')*2:])
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Jonathan Allan
                                    Jul 15 at 21:07










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    This fails for f('abc','ab') and f('abc/de','abc') (both should return False, but instead there's an IndexError).
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chas Brown
                                    Jul 15 at 23:33











                                  • $begingroup$
                                    ...or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and... fixes the edge cases @ChasBrown and I pointed out for a cost of 2 bytes.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Jonathan Allan
                                    Jul 15 at 23:35











                                  • $begingroup$
                                    Fails another edge case of a trailing '+' (e.g. f('a/b', 'a/+')) but fixable in 0 bytes with ...or(s[:1]in'/')*2:]).
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Jonathan Allan
                                    Jul 16 at 0:09










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    Try it online is always recommended!
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chas Brown
                                    Jul 16 at 0:10













                                  0












                                  0








                                  0





                                  $begingroup$

                                  Python 3, 99 88 bytes



                                  Without using a regex.
                                  With some help from Jonathan Allan and Chas Brown.



                                  f=lambda s,p:p in(s,'#')or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]in'/')*2:])





                                  share|improve this answer











                                  $endgroup$



                                  Python 3, 99 88 bytes



                                  Without using a regex.
                                  With some help from Jonathan Allan and Chas Brown.



                                  f=lambda s,p:p in(s,'#')or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]in'/')*2:])






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                                  share|improve this answer



                                  share|improve this answer








                                  edited Jul 16 at 5:52

























                                  answered Jul 15 at 20:03









                                  RootTwoRootTwo

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                                  • $begingroup$
                                    f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[0]or p[0]in(s[0]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[0]or(s[0]=='/')*2:]) saves 12. However this fails to process some edge cases like f('abc/ijk/x', 'abc/+/xyz') or f('abc/ijk/xyz', 'abc/+/x'), which can be fixed with f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[:1]or p[:1]in(s[:1]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]=='/')*2:])
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                                  • $begingroup$
                                    This fails for f('abc','ab') and f('abc/de','abc') (both should return False, but instead there's an IndexError).
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chas Brown
                                    Jul 15 at 23:33











                                  • $begingroup$
                                    ...or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and... fixes the edge cases @ChasBrown and I pointed out for a cost of 2 bytes.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Jonathan Allan
                                    Jul 15 at 23:35











                                  • $begingroup$
                                    Fails another edge case of a trailing '+' (e.g. f('a/b', 'a/+')) but fixable in 0 bytes with ...or(s[:1]in'/')*2:]).
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Jonathan Allan
                                    Jul 16 at 0:09










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    Try it online is always recommended!
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chas Brown
                                    Jul 16 at 0:10
















                                  • $begingroup$
                                    f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[0]or p[0]in(s[0]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[0]or(s[0]=='/')*2:]) saves 12. However this fails to process some edge cases like f('abc/ijk/x', 'abc/+/xyz') or f('abc/ijk/xyz', 'abc/+/x'), which can be fixed with f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[:1]or p[:1]in(s[:1]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]=='/')*2:])
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                                  • $begingroup$
                                    This fails for f('abc','ab') and f('abc/de','abc') (both should return False, but instead there's an IndexError).
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chas Brown
                                    Jul 15 at 23:33











                                  • $begingroup$
                                    ...or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and... fixes the edge cases @ChasBrown and I pointed out for a cost of 2 bytes.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Jonathan Allan
                                    Jul 15 at 23:35











                                  • $begingroup$
                                    Fails another edge case of a trailing '+' (e.g. f('a/b', 'a/+')) but fixable in 0 bytes with ...or(s[:1]in'/')*2:]).
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Jonathan Allan
                                    Jul 16 at 0:09










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    Try it online is always recommended!
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chas Brown
                                    Jul 16 at 0:10















                                  $begingroup$
                                  f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[0]or p[0]in(s[0]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[0]or(s[0]=='/')*2:]) saves 12. However this fails to process some edge cases like f('abc/ijk/x', 'abc/+/xyz') or f('abc/ijk/xyz', 'abc/+/x'), which can be fixed with f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[:1]or p[:1]in(s[:1]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]=='/')*2:])
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Jonathan Allan
                                  Jul 15 at 21:07




                                  $begingroup$
                                  f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[0]or p[0]in(s[0]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[0]or(s[0]=='/')*2:]) saves 12. However this fails to process some edge cases like f('abc/ijk/x', 'abc/+/xyz') or f('abc/ijk/xyz', 'abc/+/x'), which can be fixed with f=lambda s,p:s==p or'#'==p[:1]or p[:1]in(s[:1]+'+')and f(s[1:],p['+'!=p[:1]or(s[:1]=='/')*2:])
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Jonathan Allan
                                  Jul 15 at 21:07












                                  $begingroup$
                                  This fails for f('abc','ab') and f('abc/de','abc') (both should return False, but instead there's an IndexError).
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Chas Brown
                                  Jul 15 at 23:33





                                  $begingroup$
                                  This fails for f('abc','ab') and f('abc/de','abc') (both should return False, but instead there's an IndexError).
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Chas Brown
                                  Jul 15 at 23:33













                                  $begingroup$
                                  ...or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and... fixes the edge cases @ChasBrown and I pointed out for a cost of 2 bytes.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Jonathan Allan
                                  Jul 15 at 23:35





                                  $begingroup$
                                  ...or p[:1]in(s[:1],'+')and... fixes the edge cases @ChasBrown and I pointed out for a cost of 2 bytes.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Jonathan Allan
                                  Jul 15 at 23:35













                                  $begingroup$
                                  Fails another edge case of a trailing '+' (e.g. f('a/b', 'a/+')) but fixable in 0 bytes with ...or(s[:1]in'/')*2:]).
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Jonathan Allan
                                  Jul 16 at 0:09




                                  $begingroup$
                                  Fails another edge case of a trailing '+' (e.g. f('a/b', 'a/+')) but fixable in 0 bytes with ...or(s[:1]in'/')*2:]).
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Jonathan Allan
                                  Jul 16 at 0:09












                                  $begingroup$
                                  Try it online is always recommended!
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Chas Brown
                                  Jul 16 at 0:10




                                  $begingroup$
                                  Try it online is always recommended!
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                                  – Chas Brown
                                  Jul 16 at 0:10











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                                  Charcoal, 36 bytes



                                  ≔⪪S/θ≔⪪S/ηF∧№η#⊟η≔…θLηθF⌕Aη+§≔θι+⁼θη


                                  Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Outputs - (Charcoal's implicit output for true) for a match, nothing for no match. Explanation:



                                  ≔⪪S/θ


                                  Split the subject on /s.



                                  ≔⪪S/η


                                  Split the criteria on /s.



                                  F∧№η#⊟η≔…θLηθ


                                  If the criteria contains (i.e. ends with) a # then remove it and trim the subject to the new length of the criteria.



                                  F⌕Aη+§≔θι+


                                  Where the criteria contains + then replace that element in the subject with +.



                                  ⁼θη


                                  Compare the subject with the criteria and implicitly print the result.






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                                    Charcoal, 36 bytes



                                    ≔⪪S/θ≔⪪S/ηF∧№η#⊟η≔…θLηθF⌕Aη+§≔θι+⁼θη


                                    Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Outputs - (Charcoal's implicit output for true) for a match, nothing for no match. Explanation:



                                    ≔⪪S/θ


                                    Split the subject on /s.



                                    ≔⪪S/η


                                    Split the criteria on /s.



                                    F∧№η#⊟η≔…θLηθ


                                    If the criteria contains (i.e. ends with) a # then remove it and trim the subject to the new length of the criteria.



                                    F⌕Aη+§≔θι+


                                    Where the criteria contains + then replace that element in the subject with +.



                                    ⁼θη


                                    Compare the subject with the criteria and implicitly print the result.






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                                      Charcoal, 36 bytes



                                      ≔⪪S/θ≔⪪S/ηF∧№η#⊟η≔…θLηθF⌕Aη+§≔θι+⁼θη


                                      Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Outputs - (Charcoal's implicit output for true) for a match, nothing for no match. Explanation:



                                      ≔⪪S/θ


                                      Split the subject on /s.



                                      ≔⪪S/η


                                      Split the criteria on /s.



                                      F∧№η#⊟η≔…θLηθ


                                      If the criteria contains (i.e. ends with) a # then remove it and trim the subject to the new length of the criteria.



                                      F⌕Aη+§≔θι+


                                      Where the criteria contains + then replace that element in the subject with +.



                                      ⁼θη


                                      Compare the subject with the criteria and implicitly print the result.






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                                      Charcoal, 36 bytes



                                      ≔⪪S/θ≔⪪S/ηF∧№η#⊟η≔…θLηθF⌕Aη+§≔θι+⁼θη


                                      Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. Outputs - (Charcoal's implicit output for true) for a match, nothing for no match. Explanation:



                                      ≔⪪S/θ


                                      Split the subject on /s.



                                      ≔⪪S/η


                                      Split the criteria on /s.



                                      F∧№η#⊟η≔…θLηθ


                                      If the criteria contains (i.e. ends with) a # then remove it and trim the subject to the new length of the criteria.



                                      F⌕Aη+§≔θι+


                                      Where the criteria contains + then replace that element in the subject with +.



                                      ⁼θη


                                      Compare the subject with the criteria and implicitly print the result.







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                                      answered Jul 16 at 8:46









                                      NeilNeil

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                                          Retina 0.8.2, 42 bytes



                                          %`$
                                          /
                                          +`^([^/]+/)(.*¶)(1|+/)
                                          $2
                                          ^¶$|¶#/$


                                          Try it online! Explanation:



                                          %`$
                                          /


                                          Suffix a / to both lines.



                                          +`^([^/]+/)(.*¶)(1|+/)
                                          $2


                                          Repeatedly remove the first element of both subject and criteria while they equal or the criteria element is a (happy) +.



                                          ^¶$|¶#/$


                                          The criteria matches if it's just a # (with the / that was added earlier) otherwise both subject and criteria should be empty by this point.






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                                            Retina 0.8.2, 42 bytes



                                            %`$
                                            /
                                            +`^([^/]+/)(.*¶)(1|+/)
                                            $2
                                            ^¶$|¶#/$


                                            Try it online! Explanation:



                                            %`$
                                            /


                                            Suffix a / to both lines.



                                            +`^([^/]+/)(.*¶)(1|+/)
                                            $2


                                            Repeatedly remove the first element of both subject and criteria while they equal or the criteria element is a (happy) +.



                                            ^¶$|¶#/$


                                            The criteria matches if it's just a # (with the / that was added earlier) otherwise both subject and criteria should be empty by this point.






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                                              Retina 0.8.2, 42 bytes



                                              %`$
                                              /
                                              +`^([^/]+/)(.*¶)(1|+/)
                                              $2
                                              ^¶$|¶#/$


                                              Try it online! Explanation:



                                              %`$
                                              /


                                              Suffix a / to both lines.



                                              +`^([^/]+/)(.*¶)(1|+/)
                                              $2


                                              Repeatedly remove the first element of both subject and criteria while they equal or the criteria element is a (happy) +.



                                              ^¶$|¶#/$


                                              The criteria matches if it's just a # (with the / that was added earlier) otherwise both subject and criteria should be empty by this point.






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                                              Retina 0.8.2, 42 bytes



                                              %`$
                                              /
                                              +`^([^/]+/)(.*¶)(1|+/)
                                              $2
                                              ^¶$|¶#/$


                                              Try it online! Explanation:



                                              %`$
                                              /


                                              Suffix a / to both lines.



                                              +`^([^/]+/)(.*¶)(1|+/)
                                              $2


                                              Repeatedly remove the first element of both subject and criteria while they equal or the criteria element is a (happy) +.



                                              ^¶$|¶#/$


                                              The criteria matches if it's just a # (with the / that was added earlier) otherwise both subject and criteria should be empty by this point.







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                                              answered Jul 16 at 9:14









                                              NeilNeil

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                                                  Pyth, 22 bytes



                                                  :Q::E"[+]""[^/]+"#".*


                                                  Try it online!






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                                                    Pyth, 22 bytes



                                                    :Q::E"[+]""[^/]+"#".*


                                                    Try it online!






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                                                      Pyth, 22 bytes



                                                      :Q::E"[+]""[^/]+"#".*


                                                      Try it online!






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                                                      Pyth, 22 bytes



                                                      :Q::E"[+]""[^/]+"#".*


                                                      Try it online!







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                                                      answered Jul 16 at 9:28









                                                      SokSok

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                                                          Jelly, 22 19 bytes



                                                          ḟ”+ṣ”/)ZẠƇṖœi”#$¿ZE


                                                          Try it online!



                                                          A monadic link that takes as its argument [topic], [criterion] and returns 1 for a match and 0 for no match.






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                                                            Jelly, 22 19 bytes



                                                            ḟ”+ṣ”/)ZẠƇṖœi”#$¿ZE


                                                            Try it online!



                                                            A monadic link that takes as its argument [topic], [criterion] and returns 1 for a match and 0 for no match.






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                                                              Jelly, 22 19 bytes



                                                              ḟ”+ṣ”/)ZẠƇṖœi”#$¿ZE


                                                              Try it online!



                                                              A monadic link that takes as its argument [topic], [criterion] and returns 1 for a match and 0 for no match.






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                                                              Jelly, 22 19 bytes



                                                              ḟ”+ṣ”/)ZẠƇṖœi”#$¿ZE


                                                              Try it online!



                                                              A monadic link that takes as its argument [topic], [criterion] and returns 1 for a match and 0 for no match.







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                                                              answered Jul 15 at 22:08









                                                              Nick KennedyNick Kennedy

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                                                                  JavaScript, 69 66 bytes





                                                                  t=>s=>new RegExp(s.split`+`.join`[^/]+`.split`#`.join`.+`).test(t)


                                                                  Try it online!






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                                                                  • $begingroup$
                                                                    This fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                                                                    $endgroup$
                                                                    – Chas Brown
                                                                    Jul 16 at 21:21















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                                                                  JavaScript, 69 66 bytes





                                                                  t=>s=>new RegExp(s.split`+`.join`[^/]+`.split`#`.join`.+`).test(t)


                                                                  Try it online!






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                                                                  • $begingroup$
                                                                    This fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                                                                    $endgroup$
                                                                    – Chas Brown
                                                                    Jul 16 at 21:21













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                                                                  JavaScript, 69 66 bytes





                                                                  t=>s=>new RegExp(s.split`+`.join`[^/]+`.split`#`.join`.+`).test(t)


                                                                  Try it online!






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                                                                  JavaScript, 69 66 bytes





                                                                  t=>s=>new RegExp(s.split`+`.join`[^/]+`.split`#`.join`.+`).test(t)


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                                                                  answered Jul 16 at 18:10









                                                                  darrylyeodarrylyeo

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                                                                  • $begingroup$
                                                                    This fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                                                                    $endgroup$
                                                                    – Chas Brown
                                                                    Jul 16 at 21:21
















                                                                  • $begingroup$
                                                                    This fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                                                                    $endgroup$
                                                                    – Chas Brown
                                                                    Jul 16 at 21:21















                                                                  $begingroup$
                                                                  This fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                                                                  $endgroup$
                                                                  – Chas Brown
                                                                  Jul 16 at 21:21




                                                                  $begingroup$
                                                                  This fails for subject music/kei$ha/latest and criteria +/kei$ha/+ (which should match and is valid ASCII).
                                                                  $endgroup$
                                                                  – Chas Brown
                                                                  Jul 16 at 21:21











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                                                                  Python 3, 149 148 bytes





                                                                  def f(t,c):t,c=t.split('/'),c.split('/');return all([c[i]=='+'or c[i]==t[i]or c[i]=='#'for i in range(len(c))])and not(len(c)!=len(t)and c[-1]!='#')


                                                                  Try it online!






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                                                                    Python 3, 149 148 bytes





                                                                    def f(t,c):t,c=t.split('/'),c.split('/');return all([c[i]=='+'or c[i]==t[i]or c[i]=='#'for i in range(len(c))])and not(len(c)!=len(t)and c[-1]!='#')


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                                                                      def f(t,c):t,c=t.split('/'),c.split('/');return all([c[i]=='+'or c[i]==t[i]or c[i]=='#'for i in range(len(c))])and not(len(c)!=len(t)and c[-1]!='#')


                                                                      Try it online!






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                                                                      Python 3, 149 148 bytes





                                                                      def f(t,c):t,c=t.split('/'),c.split('/');return all([c[i]=='+'or c[i]==t[i]or c[i]=='#'for i in range(len(c))])and not(len(c)!=len(t)and c[-1]!='#')


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                                                                      answered Jul 17 at 3:01









                                                                      DatDat

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                                                                          05AB1E, 21 bytes



                                                                          ε'/¡}ζʒ'+å≠}˜'#¡н2ôøË


                                                                          Input as a list in the order [criteria, topic].



                                                                          Try it online or verify all test cases.



                                                                          Explanation:





                                                                          ε # Map both strings in the implicit input-list to:
                                                                          '/¡ '# Split the string on "/"
                                                                          # i.e. ["+/+/A/B/#","z/y/A/B/x/w/v/u"]
                                                                          # → [["+","+","A","B","#"],["z","y","A","B","x","w","v","u"]]
                                                                          }ζ # After the map: zip/transpose the two string-lists,
                                                                          # with space as (default) filler
                                                                          # → [["+","z"],["+","y"],["A","A"],["B","B"],["#","x"],[" ","w"],
                                                                          # [" ","v"],[" ","u"]]
                                                                          ʒ } # Filter each pair by:
                                                                          '+å≠ '# Only keep those which do NOT contain a "+"
                                                                          # → [["A","A"],["B","B"],["#","x"],[" ","w"],[" ","v"],[" ","u"]]
                                                                          ˜ # Flatten the filtered list
                                                                          # → ["A","A","B","B","#","x"," ","w"," ","v"," ","u"]
                                                                          '#¡ '# Split the list by "#"
                                                                          # → [["A","A","B","B"],["x"," ","w"," ","v"," ","u"]]
                                                                          н # Only keep the first part
                                                                          # → ["A","A","B","B"]
                                                                          2ô # Split this back into pairs of two
                                                                          # → [["A","A"],["B","B"]]
                                                                          ø # Zip/transpose them back
                                                                          # → [["A","B"],["A","B"]]
                                                                          Ë # And check if both inner lists are equal
                                                                          # → 1 (truthy)
                                                                          # (after which the result is output implicitly)





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                                                                            05AB1E, 21 bytes



                                                                            ε'/¡}ζʒ'+å≠}˜'#¡н2ôøË


                                                                            Input as a list in the order [criteria, topic].



                                                                            Try it online or verify all test cases.



                                                                            Explanation:





                                                                            ε # Map both strings in the implicit input-list to:
                                                                            '/¡ '# Split the string on "/"
                                                                            # i.e. ["+/+/A/B/#","z/y/A/B/x/w/v/u"]
                                                                            # → [["+","+","A","B","#"],["z","y","A","B","x","w","v","u"]]
                                                                            }ζ # After the map: zip/transpose the two string-lists,
                                                                            # with space as (default) filler
                                                                            # → [["+","z"],["+","y"],["A","A"],["B","B"],["#","x"],[" ","w"],
                                                                            # [" ","v"],[" ","u"]]
                                                                            ʒ } # Filter each pair by:
                                                                            '+å≠ '# Only keep those which do NOT contain a "+"
                                                                            # → [["A","A"],["B","B"],["#","x"],[" ","w"],[" ","v"],[" ","u"]]
                                                                            ˜ # Flatten the filtered list
                                                                            # → ["A","A","B","B","#","x"," ","w"," ","v"," ","u"]
                                                                            '#¡ '# Split the list by "#"
                                                                            # → [["A","A","B","B"],["x"," ","w"," ","v"," ","u"]]
                                                                            н # Only keep the first part
                                                                            # → ["A","A","B","B"]
                                                                            2ô # Split this back into pairs of two
                                                                            # → [["A","A"],["B","B"]]
                                                                            ø # Zip/transpose them back
                                                                            # → [["A","B"],["A","B"]]
                                                                            Ë # And check if both inner lists are equal
                                                                            # → 1 (truthy)
                                                                            # (after which the result is output implicitly)





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                                                                              05AB1E, 21 bytes



                                                                              ε'/¡}ζʒ'+å≠}˜'#¡н2ôøË


                                                                              Input as a list in the order [criteria, topic].



                                                                              Try it online or verify all test cases.



                                                                              Explanation:





                                                                              ε # Map both strings in the implicit input-list to:
                                                                              '/¡ '# Split the string on "/"
                                                                              # i.e. ["+/+/A/B/#","z/y/A/B/x/w/v/u"]
                                                                              # → [["+","+","A","B","#"],["z","y","A","B","x","w","v","u"]]
                                                                              }ζ # After the map: zip/transpose the two string-lists,
                                                                              # with space as (default) filler
                                                                              # → [["+","z"],["+","y"],["A","A"],["B","B"],["#","x"],[" ","w"],
                                                                              # [" ","v"],[" ","u"]]
                                                                              ʒ } # Filter each pair by:
                                                                              '+å≠ '# Only keep those which do NOT contain a "+"
                                                                              # → [["A","A"],["B","B"],["#","x"],[" ","w"],[" ","v"],[" ","u"]]
                                                                              ˜ # Flatten the filtered list
                                                                              # → ["A","A","B","B","#","x"," ","w"," ","v"," ","u"]
                                                                              '#¡ '# Split the list by "#"
                                                                              # → [["A","A","B","B"],["x"," ","w"," ","v"," ","u"]]
                                                                              н # Only keep the first part
                                                                              # → ["A","A","B","B"]
                                                                              2ô # Split this back into pairs of two
                                                                              # → [["A","A"],["B","B"]]
                                                                              ø # Zip/transpose them back
                                                                              # → [["A","B"],["A","B"]]
                                                                              Ë # And check if both inner lists are equal
                                                                              # → 1 (truthy)
                                                                              # (after which the result is output implicitly)





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                                                                              ε # Map both strings in the implicit input-list to:
                                                                              '/¡ '# Split the string on "/"
                                                                              # i.e. ["+/+/A/B/#","z/y/A/B/x/w/v/u"]
                                                                              # → [["+","+","A","B","#"],["z","y","A","B","x","w","v","u"]]
                                                                              }ζ # After the map: zip/transpose the two string-lists,
                                                                              # with space as (default) filler
                                                                              # → [["+","z"],["+","y"],["A","A"],["B","B"],["#","x"],[" ","w"],
                                                                              # [" ","v"],[" ","u"]]
                                                                              ʒ } # Filter each pair by:
                                                                              '+å≠ '# Only keep those which do NOT contain a "+"
                                                                              # → [["A","A"],["B","B"],["#","x"],[" ","w"],[" ","v"],[" ","u"]]
                                                                              ˜ # Flatten the filtered list
                                                                              # → ["A","A","B","B","#","x"," ","w"," ","v"," ","u"]
                                                                              '#¡ '# Split the list by "#"
                                                                              # → [["A","A","B","B"],["x"," ","w"," ","v"," ","u"]]
                                                                              н # Only keep the first part
                                                                              # → ["A","A","B","B"]
                                                                              2ô # Split this back into pairs of two
                                                                              # → [["A","A"],["B","B"]]
                                                                              ø # Zip/transpose them back
                                                                              # → [["A","B"],["A","B"]]
                                                                              Ë # And check if both inner lists are equal
                                                                              # → 1 (truthy)
                                                                              # (after which the result is output implicitly)






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