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 +# $EPIC: matchitem.txt,v 1.3 2007/02/27 04:57:37 jnelson Exp $
 +======Synopsis:======
 +$__matchitem__(<array> <pattern>)
 +
 +======Technical:======
 +This function treats the items in the array as literal strings, and 
 +returns the literal string that is "best matched" by the pattern.
 +The item value of the best matched string is returned.
 +
 +This string is similar to the [[rmatch]] function, and the reverse of
 +the [[rmatchitem]] function.
 +
 +======Practical:======
 +These functions are analogous to $[[match]]() and $[[rmatch]]().  Given a word
 +or pattern, they search through the given array's contents and look
 +for the best match, if any.  Basically, the array's contents behave as
 +if they were the list of words or patterns passed to $[[match]]() or
 +$[[rmatch]]().
 +
 +======Returns:======
 +<file>
 +> -1   item number in array that matched
 +  -1   could not find specified array
 +  -2   could not find a matching item
 +</file>
  
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