HELPLIB.HLB  —  Lexicals  F$MATCH_WILD
    Performs a wildcard matching between a candidate and a pattern
    string. TRUE is returned if the strings match.

    Format

      F$MATCH_WILD(candidate, pattern)

1  –  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.

2  –  Example

  $ 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.
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