NAME

       itcl::find - search for classes and objects

SYNOPSIS

       itcl::find option ?arg arg ...?
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DESCRIPTION

       The  find  command  is  used  to  find classes and objects that are available in the current interpreter.
       Classes and objects are reported first in the active namespace, then  in  all  other  namespaces  in  the
       interpreter.

       The  option  argument determines what action is carried out by the command.  The legal options (which may
       be abbreviated) are:

       find classes ?pattern?
              Returns a list of [incr Tcl] classes.  Classes in the current namespace are listed first, followed
              by classes in all other namespaces in the interpreter.  If the optional pattern is specified, then
              the reported names are compared using the rules of the "string match" command, and  only  matching
              names are reported.

              If a class resides in the current namespace context, this command reports its simple name--without
              any  qualifiers.   However,  if  the  pattern  contains  :: qualifiers, or if the class resides in
              another context, this command reports its  fully-qualified  name.   Therefore,  you  can  use  the
              following command to obtain a list where all names are fully-qualified:

                     itcl::find classes ::*

       find objects ?pattern? ?-class className? ?-isa className?
              Returns a list of [incr Tcl] objects.  Objects in the current namespace are listed first, followed
              by objects in all other namespaces in the interpreter.  If the optional pattern is specified, then
              the  reported  names are compared using the rules of the "string match" command, and only matching
              names are reported.  If the optional "-class" parameter is specified, this list is  restricted  to
              objects  whose  most-specific  class is className.  If the optional "-isa" parameter is specified,
              this list is further restricted to objects having the given className anywhere in their heritage.

              If an  object  resides  in  the  current  namespace  context,  this  command  reports  its  simple
              name--without  any  qualifiers.   However, if the pattern contains :: qualifiers, or if the object
              resides in another context, this command reports its fully-qualified name.  Therefore, you can use
              the following command to obtain a list where all names are fully-qualified:

                     itcl::find objects ::*

KEYWORDS

       class, object, search, import

itcl                                                   3.0                                           find(3itcl)