Method code for $root.match_children()

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  1: arg string;
  2: var children, child_names, c;
  3: 
  4: children = .children();
  5: child_names = children.mmap('name);
  6: 
  7: // direct matches first.
  8: for c in (child_names) {
  9:     if (c == string)
 10:         return children[c in child_names];
 11: }
 12: 
 13: // ok, try partial matches
 14: for c in (child_names) {
 15:     if ($string.match_begin(c, string))
 16:         return children[c in child_names];
 17: }
 18: return 0;

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