// We dropped the "***" support here (use match3 for that)

static S[] find2(L<S> pat, L<S> tok) {
  for (int idx = 0; idx < tok.size(); idx += 2) { // TODO: subtract pat size from end index
    S[] result = find2(pat, tok, idx);
    if (result != null) return result;
  }
  return null;
}

static S[] find2(L<S> pat, L<S> tok, int idx) {
  if (idx+pat.size() > tok.size())
    return null;
  new L<S> result;
  for (int i = 1; i < pat.size(); i += 2) {
    S p = pat.get(i), t = tok.get(idx+i);
    if (eq(p, "*"))
      result.add(t);
    else if (!p.equalsIgnoreCase(t))
      return null;
  }
  return toStringArray(result);
}