Function FindMatchIn

internal/util/util.go:300–352

(searchName string, items ...string)

}

func FindMatchIn(searchName string, items ...string) (match string, closeMatch string) {

	if searchName == `` {
		return ``, `` // No match
	}

	searchName, searchNumber := GetMatchNumber(searchName)

	var matchCt int = 0
	var closeMatchCt int = 0

	for _, i := range items {

		part, full := stringMatch(searchName, i, false)

		if part {
			closeMatchCt++
			if closeMatchCt == searchNumber {
				closeMatch = i
			}
		}

		if full {
			matchCt++
			if matchCt == searchNumber {
				match = i
				break
			}
		}

	}

	// If no "starts with" or "exact" matches are found, try and find the first item that contain the supplied name
	// Note: Can't have an exact match if there was never a close match
	if len(closeMatch) == 0 {
		closeMatchCt = 0
		for _, i := range items {
			part, _ := stringMatch(searchName, i, true)

			if part {
				closeMatchCt++
				if closeMatchCt == searchNumber {
					closeMatch = i
					break
				}
			}

		}

	}

	return match, closeMatch
}

// Searches for a partial or full match of a string
// If allowContains is true, the match can appear anywhere in the string.