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You could also say that
down
should not complete todownload
since those are completely different strings and you shouldn't expect one to get you the other.Sorry,
down
is a substring ofdownload
I don't get your point either?Substring is not string.
If they were interchangeable, then "D" & "d" should be too.
down
matchesdown*
because*
also includes empty string. Alsodownload
matchesdown*
D
matchesD*
butd
is not matchingD*
becauseD
is a different character thand
.