setqmatch()

setqmatch(<string>, <pattern>[, <quiet>])
listmatch(<string>, <pattern>[, <delimiter>[, <wildcards>]])

Match the wildcard <pattern> against the whole of <string>, case ignored, and return what each wildcard matched. * matches any characters and ? one. Only the first ten wildcards count.

setqmatch() puts what the first wildcard matched in register 0, the second in register 1, and so on. A wildcard that matched nothing sets no register and adds nothing to listmatch(). It returns 1 when the pattern matched and set a register, else 0. With a <quiet> that starts with n it returns nothing.
listmatch() returns what the wildcards matched, joined by the first character of <delimiter> (a space by default). <wildcards> is a list of wildcard numbers, counting from 0, to keep; they come out in pattern order. It returns nothing when the pattern does not match.

Both come from RhostMUSH.

> think [setqmatch(open the door hal,open * ???)] [r(0)]
1 the door
> think listmatch(hit the troll with the sword,hit * with *,/)
the troll/the sword
> think listmatch(hit the troll with the sword,hit * with *,/,1)
the sword

Output: 1 and register 0; both wildcards; only the second.

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