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- Wildcards matches are supported in many places.
- With wildcards we match with more than a straight comparison.
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- Special characters in the pattern are:
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- * -- Matches 0 or more characters of any type.
- @ -- Matches any alpha character (a..z, A..Z).
- ! -- Matches any digit (0..9).
- + -- Matches any alphanumeric character (A..z, A..Z, 0..9).
- ? -- Matches any single character.
- " -- Escape. The next character in the pattern must match the character
- in the target exactly. Wild cards will not be interpreted.
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- Examples:
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- 97* -- Will match anything starting with 97 such as 95068,
- 97123, 97ABC, and 97.
- 97??? -- Will match anything that starts with 97 and is 5 characters
- long. 97068 will match but 9706 will not.
- 97!!! -- Will match anything that starts with 97 and has 5 digits.
- 97068 will match but 97ABC will not.
- @!@@@ -- Will match a 5 character US callsign such as W0RLI, N6IYA, etc.
- VE!@@@ -- Will match standard Canadian callsigns.
- "!"* -- Will match *!
- !* -- Will match anything that starts with a digit.
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