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validColname

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Find valid string among character vecter from approximate string

Find valid string among character vecter from approximate string

validColname(pattern, x)

`pattern`	character string to be matched in the given character
`x`	a character vecter where matches are sought

returns NA in case of no matched string found or a character string in string vecter x

a="dx"
b=c("Age","Sex","Dx")
validColname(a,b)