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FIND.RED - Recognition and search OBLIST functions
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This is a loadable option  [Load Find; in RLISP, (Load Find) in LISP].
These functions take a string or id, and map the Symbol Table to
collect a list of ids with Prefix or Suffix as given:

FindPrefix(Key:{Id, String}):id-list	Scan Symbol Table for prefix
FindSuffix(Key:{Id, String}):id-list	Scan Symbol Table for suffix
Find(Pattern:{Id,String}):id-list       Scan Symbol Table for matching string

Thus  X:=FindPrefix '!*;                 Finds all ids starting with *

The 'GSORT' package is used to sort the list.

The Pattern is a string, with special characters, prefixed by %, like the
format string in PrintF; StringMatch(pattern,subject) is called:

	%%       Match a % in subject string
	%?       Match any one character
	%*	 Match any series of characters (0..n)

Thus Find "*%*";  is equivalent to FindPrefix "*";
     Find "%**";  is equivalent to FindSuffix "*";
     Find "A%*B"; matches any string starting with A and ending with B.


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