wildmatch - script and chart function

The wildmatch function compares the first parameter with all the following ones and returns the number of the expression that matches. It permits the use of wildcard characters ( * and ?) in the comparison strings. * matches any sequence of characters. ? matches any single character.

Syntax:  

wildmatch( str, expr1 [ , expr2,...exprN ])

 

Examples and results:

Example	Result
wildmatch( M, 'ja*','fe?','mar')	returns 1 if M = January returns 2 if M = fex