String regex matching in Erlang

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Published on 2010-05-13T15:44:04Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 15:44 UTC
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How would I do regex matching in Erlang?

All I know is this: f("AAPL" ++ Inputstring) -> true.

The lines that I need to match "AAPL,07-May-2010 15:58,21.34,21.36,21.34,21.35,525064\n"

In Perl regex: ^AAPL,* (or something similar) In Erlang?

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