- @outref = map { $prefix_loc{$_} } split ',', $ref;
- return ($gotkey, @outref);
+ return ($gotkey, map { $prefix_loc{$_} } split ',', $ref);
+}
+
+#
+# search for the nearest match of a prefix string (starting
+# from the RH end of the string passed)
+#
+
+sub matchprefix
+{
+ my $pref = shift;
+ my @partials;
+
+ for (my $i = length $pref; $i; $i--) {
+ $matchtotal++;
+ my $s = substr($pref, 0, $i);
+ push @partials, $s;
+ my $p = $cache{$s};
+ if ($p) {
+ $hits++;
+ if (isdbg('prefix')) {
+ my $percent = sprintf "%.1f", $hits * 100 / $misses;
+ dbg("Partial Prefix Cache Hit: $s Hits: $hits/$misses of $matchtotal = $percent\%");
+ }
+ $cache{$_} = $p for @partials;
+ return @$p;
+ } else {
+ $misses++;
+ my @out = get($s);
+ if (isdbg('prefix')) {
+ my $part = $out[0] || "*";
+ $part .= '*' unless $part eq '*' || $part eq $s;
+ dbg("Partial prefix: $pref $s $part" );
+ }
+ if (@out && $out[0] eq $s) {
+ $cache{$_} = \@out for @partials;
+ return @out;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return ();