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+ | # $EPIC: rpattern.txt, | ||
+ | ======Synopsis: | ||
+ | $__rpattern__(< | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Technical: | ||
+ | * If the < | ||
+ | * This function returns a space separated pattern list of all of the patterns in <pattern list> that match < | ||
+ | * This is the complement to $[[rfilter]](), | ||
+ | * Double quoted words are honored, but the double quotes will be lost in the return value. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Practical: | ||
+ | This function lets you " | ||
+ | of the patterns that match a given word, and discarding all of the patterns | ||
+ | that do not match the given word. If you have a list of patterns, some of | ||
+ | which match a word (say, a nick!user@host string) and some of which don't, | ||
+ | and you want to remove the ones that don't, this function will do that. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Returns: | ||
+ | The list of patterns from <pattern list> that match < | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======History: | ||
+ | This function first appeared in " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Examples: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | $rpattern(foobar f* *oo* a* *c) | ||
+ | $rpattern(hello hello a* *lo*) returns "hello *lo*" | ||
+ | </ | ||
rpattern.txt · Last modified: 2006/08/29 16:08 by 127.0.0.1