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<font size=+1><i>INTEGER</i> <b>match_begin</b>(<i>STRING <b>str</b>, STRING <b>search</b>[, STRING <b>sep</b>]</i>)</font>
<p>This function looks for the string <VAR>search</VAR> at the beginning
of each word in <VAR>str</VAR>. The word separator is given by the string
<VAR>sep</VAR> if it is specified; otherwise, a space (<CODE>" "</CODE>)
is used. The return value of <CODE>match_begin()</CODE> is <CODE>1</CODE> if
<VAR>search</VAR> was found at the beginning of a word in <VAR>string</VAR>,
or <CODE>0</CODE> if not.
<P>Examples:
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match_begin("foo:bar:baz", "fo", ":")
=> 1
match_begin("foo bar baz", "ar")
=> 0
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<p><hr size=4><p align=center><i>Last Modified on 24 Mar 1996</i>
<br><i>Copyright © 1995, 1996, Brandon Gillespie</i>
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