Syntax

  matches unanchored pattern

  or

  match unanchored pattern

You can use the unanchored pattern modifier to indicate that a pattern is to be matched anywhere in the scanned source, rather than only at the beginning of the scanned source:

  do scan "Mary had a little lamb"
     match unanchored "little"
  done

unanchored can only be use in a match alternative or matches test. It is not supported in find, take, or drop patterns.

The use of unanchored is deprecated in favor of the pattern any**, which works in all pattern expressions:

  process
     submit "Mary had a little lamb"

  find any** "little"

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