match

>>-match(start,other-+----------------------------+-)-------------------><
                     +-,--+---+--+---------+------+
                          +-n-+  +-,length-+

Returns .true ("1") if the characters of the [other] match the characters of the target buffer beginning at position [start] . Return .false ("0") if the characters are not a match. [start] must be a positive whole number less than or equal to the length of the target buffer.

If [n] is specified, the match will be performed starting with character [n] of [other] . The default value for [n] is "1". [n] must be a positive whole number less than or equal to the length of [other] .

If [length] is specified, it defines a substring of [other] that is used for the match. [length] must be a positive whole number and the combination of [n] and [length] must be a valid substring within the bounds of [other] .

The match method is useful for efficient string parsing as it does not require new string objects be extracted from the target buffer.