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BestSearchString

Function BestSearchString


Calling Sequence  BestSearchString(pat,text)
Parameters
NameTypeDescription

pat string 
txt string 
Return Type  {0,posint}
Globals NumberErrors,
Synopsis The BestSearchString function returns the best match of pat in the body of text txt. If no match is found, it takes the first match (index 0).
Examples
> BestSearchString('CYIQNCPRG', 'PPATBCYTQNCPLGFPTTSPS');
5
> BestSearchString('CYIQNCPRG', 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX');
0
See also ApproxSearchString,   CaseSearchString,   HammingSearchString,   SearchDelim,   SearchMultipleString,   SearchString