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str_match_ic

Returns a list of strings that contain the given substring (case insensitive).

Available in version 6.0.0 and later.

Prototype

	function str_match_ic (
		string_array [*] : string,  
		sub_string   [1] : string   
	)

	return_val [*] :  string

Arguments

string_array

A string array of any dimensionality.

sub_string

The substring to be matched.

Description

This function returns an array of strings with every occurrence of sub_string matched in string_array.

If there is no sub_string matched in string_array, the default string missing value ("missing") will be returned.

Note that str_match_ic is case INSENSITIVE. Use str_match if you need case sensitivity.

See Also

str_index_of_substr, str_sub_str, str_match, str_match_regex, str_match_ic_regex, str_match_ind_regex, str_match_ind_ic_regex, str_match_ind, str_match_ind_ic

Examples

Example 1

 s = (/"Linux","LINUX","linux"/)

 dq = str_get_dq()

 print("str_match(s," + dq + "linux" + dq + ") = " + str_match(s,"linux"))

;print out:
;(0)     str_match(s,"linux") = linux

 print("str_match_ic(s," + dq + "linux" + dq + ") = " + str_match_ic(s,"linux"))

;print out:
;(0)     str_match_ic(s,"linux") = Linux
;(1)     str_match_ic(s,"linux") = LINUX
;(2)     str_match_ic(s,"linux") = linux