44. Wildcard Matching leetcode Python 2016 new season

Implement wildcard pattern matching with support for '?' and '*'.

'?' Matches any single character.
'*' Matches any sequence of characters (including the empty sequence).

The matching should cover the entire input string (not partial).

The function prototype should be:
bool isMatch(const char *s, const char *p)

Some examples:
isMatch("aa","a") → false
isMatch("aa","aa") → true
isMatch("aaa","aa") → false
isMatch("aa", "*") → true
isMatch("aa", "a*") → true
isMatch("ab", "?*") → true
isMatch("aab", "c*a*b") → false

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class Solution(object):
    def isMatch(self, s, p):
        """
        :type s: str
        :type p: str
        :rtype: bool
        """
        s_i = 0
        p_i = 0
        s_len = len(s)
        p_len = len(p)
        star = -1
        sstar = 0
        while s_i < s_len:
            # match exactly the same or p is '?'
            if p_i < p_len and (s[s_i] == p[p_i] or p[p_i] == '?'):
                p_i += 1
                s_i += 1
            
            # get the first position of '*' keep comparing until p is not '*'
            elif p_i < p_len and p[p_i] == '*':
                star = p_i
                p_i += 1
                sstar = s_i
            # get the position p is not '*'
            elif star != -1:
                p_i = star + 1
                sstar += 1
                s_i = sstar
            else:
                return False
        while p_i < p_len and p[p_i] == '*':
            p_i += 1
        if p_i == p_len:
            return True
        return False