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<font size=+1><i>LIST</i> <b>match_pattern</b>(<i>STRING <b>pattern</b>, STRING <b>string</b></i>)</font>
<p>This function matches the wildcard pattern <VAR>pattern</VAR> against
<VAR>string</VAR>. A wildcard pattern is a string with asterixes (<SAMP>`*'</SA
MP>)
signifying wildcards. A regular character matches itself, while a wildcard
matches any number of arbitrary characters. The return value of
<CODE>match_pattern()</CODE> is a list of the substrings of <VAR>string</VAR>
which matched the wildcards in <VAR>pattern</VAR>, or <CODE>0</CODE> if the
match fails.
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<CODE>match_pattern()</CODE> allows you to do simple character-based matching.
For matching against command formats, however, you should use the
<CODE>match_template()</CODE> function.
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Examples:
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match_pattern("*", "foobar")
=> ["foobar"]
match_pattern("foo * bar * baz", "foo quux bar quuux baz")
=> ["quux", "quuux"]
match_pattern("foo * bar", "baz")
=> 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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