Method code for $registry.match_begin()

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arg name;
var matches, obj;

// returns a direct match, or partial matches
name = .strip_key(name);
if (!name)
    throw(~matchnf, "No entries in the database match that key.");
return (> pass(name) <);

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// Created 27-Mar-1995 as a part of ColdCore, see: @help Credit

Method Ancestry Override:

 ----   33 $registry.match_begin(name)
 ----  156 $db.match_begin(key)