A Simple version of Grep with two meta-characters * and ?

int search(char *source, char *pattern){

    int result = 0;

    while(*pattern != '\0'){

        if(*pattern == '*'){

            if(*(pattern+1) == '\0'){

                pattern++;

            }

            else{

                while((*source !='\0') && (*source != *(pattern+1))) source++;

                if(*source == '\0'){

                    result = 1;

                    break;

                }

                else pattern++;

            }

        }

        else if(*pattern == '?'){

            moveNext(&source, &pattern);

        }

        else if ((*pattern >= 'A' && *pattern <= 'Z') ||

                 (*pattern >= 'a' && *pattern <= 'z')) {

            if (*source == *pattern){

                moveNext(&source, &pattern);

            }

            else{

                result = 1;

                break;

            }

        }

    }

    return result;

}

void moveNext(char **s,char **p){

    (*s)++;

    (*p)++;

}

int main()

{

    char *source;

    char *pattern;

    source = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char)*200);

    pattern = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char)*200);

    printf("\tGrep Implementation (allowed operators are *, ?\n");

    printf("\n\tEnter a Source String     : ");

    scanf("%s",source);

    printf("\n\tEnter a pattern to Search : ");

    scanf("%s",pattern);

    if (search(source, pattern) == 0)

        printf("\n\tString found\n");

    else

        printf("\n\tNot Found\n");

    return 0;

}