https://wiki.vmssoftware.com/index.php?title=F$MATCH_WILD()&feed=atom&action=historyF$MATCH WILD() - Revision history2024-03-28T23:13:50ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.0https://wiki.vmssoftware.com/index.php?title=F$MATCH_WILD()&diff=858&oldid=prevDarya.zelenina: Created page with "'''F$MATCH_WILD()''' is a lexial function that performs a wildcard matching between a candidate and a pattern string. TRUE is returned if the strings mat..."2019-06-28T15:58:14Z<p>Created page with "'''F$MATCH_WILD()''' is a <a href="/Lexical_functions" title="Lexical functions">lexial function</a> that performs a wildcard matching between a candidate and a pattern string. TRUE is returned if the strings mat..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''F$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.<br />
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=Syntax=<br />
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F$MATCH_WILD(candidate, pattern)<br />
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=Arguments=<br />
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==candidate==<br />
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A string to which the pattern string is compared.<br />
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==pattern==<br />
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A string on which a wildcard match is performed comparing the pattern to the candidate string.<br />
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=Examples=<br />
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$ write sys$output f$match_wild ("This is a candidate","*c%%d*")<br />
TRUE<br />
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This command performs a wildcard match between the candidate candidate and pattern *c%%d* and found that the strings match.<br />
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$ write sys$output f$match_wild ("This is a candidate text", "*candi*)<br />
TRUE<br />
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This command checks to see if the pattern candi appears in the candidate.<br />
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[[Category:Lexical Functions]]</div>Darya.zelenina