I read:
hi list is there a method to search in a list for a specific string . .. ?
cyclone's [zl] has a sect mode that could be used for that, it will output the elements that are common to both input lists or nothing if there is no match.
cyclone: http://suita.chopin.edu.pl/~czaja/miXed/externs/cyclone.html help: http://test.pilot.fm/pd/patches/help/cyclone-help.tar.gz (still not updated but zl is in there and it's almost done)
HTH
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