The Match Wildcard Specification routine compares a pattern string that includes wildcard characters with a candidate string. Format STR$MATCH_WILD candidate-string ,pattern-string
1 – Returns
OpenVMS usage:cond_value type: longword (unsigned) access: write only mechanism: by value Returns a condition value of STR$_MATCH if the strings match and STR$_NOMATCH if they do not match.
2 – Arguments
candidate-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor String that is compared to the pattern string. The candidate- string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the candidate string. pattern-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor String containing wildcard characters. The pattern-string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the pattern string. The wildcards in the pattern string are translated when STR$MATCH_WILD searches the candidate string to determine if it matches the pattern string.