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'''F$MATCH_WILD()''' is a [[Lexical functions|lexial function]] that performs a wildcard matching between a candidate and a pattern string. TRUE is returned if the strings match.

=Syntax=

F$MATCH_WILD(candidate, pattern)

=Arguments=

==candidate==

A string to which the pattern string is compared.

==pattern==

A string on which a wildcard match is performed comparing the pattern to the candidate string.

=Examples=

$ write sys$output f$match_wild ("This is a candidate","*c%%d*")
TRUE

This command performs a wildcard match between the candidate candidate and pattern *c%%d* and found that the strings match.

$ write sys$output f$match_wild ("This is a candidate text", "*candi*)
TRUE

This command checks to see if the pattern candi appears in the candidate.

[[Category:Lexical Functions]]

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