Functions for Strings Manipulation

• Lisp is not noted for string handling functions

• Wcmatch

  • WildCard MATCH
  • True or False, is the search string in the string
  • You can use some elaborate wildcards to perform complex searches

• Substr

  • SUBpart of a STRing
  • Extract part of string
  • Needs starting position (first character is 1)
  • Optional number of characters (default is from the starting position to the end

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