# numpy.distutils.ccompiler.simple_version_match

distutils.ccompiler.simple_version_match(pat='[-.\\d]+', ignore='', start='')

  Simple matching of version numbers, for use in CCompiler and FCompiler.

  Parameters:
    pat str, optional

      A regular expression matching version numbers. Default is `r'[-.\d]+'`.

    ignore str, optional

      A regular expression matching patterns to skip. Default is `''`, in which case nothing is skipped.

    start str, optional

      A regular expression matching the start of where to start looking for version numbers. Default is `''`, in which case searching is started at the beginning of the version string given to matcher.

  Returns:
    matcher callable

      A function that is appropriate to use as the `.version_match` attribute of a `CCompiler` class. matcher takes a single parameter, a version string.