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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>