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/**
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* fn_stringCompare.sqf
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* @Descr: Determines whether one string matches another and how many characters match. Case insensitive.
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* @Author: bovine3dom
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*
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* @Arguments: [stringA STRING, stringB STRING]
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* @Return: NUMBER Number of matching characters
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* @PublicAPI: true
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*/
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#include "script_component.hpp"
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private ["_searchTerm", "_string", "_arraySearchTerm", "_arrayString", "_sizeSearchTerm", "_sizeString", "_matchingCharacters", "_searchIterator", "_targetIterator"];
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_string = toLower (_this select 0); // removes case sensitivity
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_searchTerm = toLower (_this select 1);
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_arraySearchTerm = toArray _searchTerm; // splits string into array of unicode decimals
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_arrayString = toArray _string;
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_sizeSearchTerm = count _arraySearchTerm; // We only measure the array once
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_sizeString = count _arrayString;
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_matchingCharacters = 0;
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_targetIterator = 0;
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_searchIterator = 0;
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while {(_searchIterator < _sizeSearchTerm) && (_targetIterator < _sizeString)} do { // Prevents us from going out of bounds
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if ((_arraySearchTerm select _searchIterator) == (_arrayString select _targetIterator)) then { // If we have a match, start looking for the next character in the search term
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_matchingCharacters = _matchingCharacters + 1;
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_searchIterator = _searchIterator + 1
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};
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_targetIterator = _targetIterator + 1; // Look at the next character in the string
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};
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_matchingCharacters |